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Alpine: multiple dovecot packages: security update to 2.3.13-r0

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 423866

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities referenced in the following CVEs:

 - An issue was discovered in Dovecot before 2.3.13. By using IMAP IDLE, an authenticated attacker can
 trigger unhibernation via attacker-controlled parameters, leading to access to other users' email messages
 (and path disclosure). (CVE-2020-24386)

 - Dovecot before 2.3.13 has Improper Input Validation in lda, lmtp, and imap, leading to an application
 crash via a crafted email message with certain choices for ten thousand MIME parts. (CVE-2020-25275)

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2020-24386

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2020-25275

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 423866

Version: Revision 1.7

Type: Local

Published: 4/4/2025

Updated: 5/30/2025

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.24

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 3.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-24386

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/7/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-24386, CVE-2020-25275