Alpine: multiple dovecot packages: security update to 2.3.5.1-r1 (deprecated)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 400591

Description

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

- In the IMAP Server in Dovecot 2.3.3 through 2.3.5.2, the submission-login service crashes when the client
disconnects prematurely during the AUTH command. (CVE-2019-11494)

- In the IMAP Server in Dovecot 2.3.3 through 2.3.5.2, the submission-login component crashes if AUTH PLAIN
is attempted over a TLS secured channel with an unacceptable authentication message. (CVE-2019-11499)

See Also

https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=4cbff22201d9f2fb21d860bae0e62f3bf814ed45

https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=eae02a2a7af3c1eed3700c9c97fdb2522960d688

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 400591

Version: Revision 1.23

Type: Local

Published: 8/16/2023

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-11499

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/6/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/1/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-11494, CVE-2019-11499

BID: 108180