RHSA-2009:0205Low

Red Hat Security Advisory: dovecot security and bug fix update

Published
January 20, 2009
Last Modified
June 25, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (2)

CVE-2008-4577 →CVE-2008-4870 →

📋 Description

CVE-2008-4577 — dovecot: incorrect handling of negative rights in the ACL plugin CVE-2008-4870 — dovecot: ssl_key_password disclosure due to an insecure dovecot.conf permissions

🎯 Affected products18

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)
  • dovecot-0:1.0.7-7.el5.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • dovecot-0:1.0.7-7.el5.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)
  • dovecot-0:1.0.7-7.el5.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • dovecot-0:1.0.7-7.el5.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • dovecot-0:1.0.7-7.el5.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • dovecot-0:1.0.7-7.el5.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • dovecot-0:1.0.7-7.el5.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)
  • dovecot-0:1.0.7-7.el5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • dovecot-0:1.0.7-7.el5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)
  • dovecot-debuginfo-0:1.0.7-7.el5.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • dovecot-debuginfo-0:1.0.7-7.el5.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)
  • dovecot-debuginfo-0:1.0.7-7.el5.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • dovecot-debuginfo-0:1.0.7-7.el5.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • dovecot-debuginfo-0:1.0.7-7.el5.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • dovecot-debuginfo-0:1.0.7-7.el5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • dovecot-debuginfo-0:1.0.7-7.el5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)

✅ Remediation

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188

🔗 References (9)