[Cucumber-linux-security] dovecot (security update is available)

[Scott C. <sc...@cu...>]

  Update Information

A security update is available for dovecot for the following versions of
Cucumber Linux:

  * 1.0
  * 1.1 Beta

Here are the details from the Cucumber 1.1 Beta changelog:

+----------------+
Thu Jan 25 18:57:54 EST 2018
net-extra/dovecot rebuilt (build 3) to fix CVE-2017-15132, a security
	vulnerability which could allow for an attacker to cause a denail of
	service (crash) if dovecot was run with certain high performance
	configurations. It should be noted that the default configuration is not
	affected; only systems that have been explicitly configured to resue the
	login process are vulnerable. For more information see:
		http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=249
		https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-15132
* SECURITY FIX *
+----------------+

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  CLD and CVE Information

This update is associated with the following Cucumber Linux Deficiency
(CLD) and CVE numbers:

  * CLD-249 [CVE-2017-15132]
    (http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=249)

More information about these CLDs can be found at their respective pages
on the Cucumber Linux Security Advisory Tracker (these are the URLs in
parenthesis above).

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  Installing the Update

The updated package can be installed via Pickle by running the following
commands (as root):

# pickle --update
# pickle

Make sure dovecot is selected on the update list, and then select Ok.
Pickle will then install the updated package.

If you prefer to download the updated package manually, it can be found
on the mirror at http://mirror.cucumberlinux.com/cucumber/.

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