USN-3258-2 (UBUNTU-CVE-2017-2669)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2017-04-11 19:41 – Updated: 2026-04-22 07:36 – Source website
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Summary
dovecot regression
Details

USN-3258-1 intended to fix a vulnerability in Dovecot. Further investigation revealed that only Dovecot versions 2.2.26 and newer were affected by the vulnerability. Additionally, the change introduced a regression when Dovecot was configured to use the "dict" authentication database. This update reverts the change. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that Dovecot incorrectly handled some usernames. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Dovecot to hang or crash, resulting in a denial of service.

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  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "USN-3258-1 intended to fix a vulnerability in Dovecot. Further investigation\nrevealed that only Dovecot versions 2.2.26 and newer were affected by the\nvulnerability. Additionally, the change introduced a regression when Dovecot\nwas configured to use the \"dict\" authentication database. This update reverts\nthe change. We apologize for the inconvenience.\n\nOriginal advisory details:\n\n It was discovered that Dovecot incorrectly handled some usernames. An attacker\n could possibly use this issue to cause Dovecot to hang or crash, resulting in a\n denial of service.\n",
  "id": "USN-3258-2",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:36:34Z",
  "published": "2017-04-11T19:41:41Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3258-2"
    },
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      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-2669"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "summary": "dovecot regression",
  "upstream": [
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2017-2669"
  ]
}



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