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Alpine: multiple dovecot packages: security update to 2.3.4.1-r0

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 423875

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - It was discovered that Dovecot before versions 2.2.36.1 and 2.3.4.1 incorrectly handled client
 certificates. A remote attacker in possession of a valid certificate with an empty username field could
 possibly use this issue to impersonate other users. (CVE-2019-3814)

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2019-3814

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 423875

Version: Revision 1.8

Type: Local

Published: 4/4/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.04

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-3814

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/27/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-3814