RHSA-2011:0600Medium

Red Hat Security Advisory: dovecot security and enhancement update

Published
May 19, 2011
Last Modified
November 7, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (2)

CVE-2010-3707 →CVE-2010-3780 →

📋 Description

CVE-2010-3707 — Dovecot: Failed to properly update ACL cache, when multiple rules defined rights for one subject CVE-2010-3780 — Dovecot: Busy master process, receiving a lot of SIGCHLD signals rapidly while logging, could die

🎯 Affected products54

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6)
  • dovecot-1:2.0.9-2.el6.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • dovecot-1:2.0.9-2.el6.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • dovecot-1:2.0.9-2.el6.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • dovecot-1:2.0.9-2.el6.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • dovecot-1:2.0.9-2.el6.s390 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • dovecot-1:2.0.9-2.el6.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • dovecot-1:2.0.9-2.el6.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • dovecot-1:2.0.9-2.el6.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6)
  • dovecot-1:2.0.9-2.el6.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • dovecot-1:2.0.9-2.el6.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6)
  • dovecot-1:2.0.9-2.el6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • dovecot-1:2.0.9-2.el6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • dovecot-debuginfo-1:2.0.9-2.el6.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • dovecot-debuginfo-1:2.0.9-2.el6.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6)
  • dovecot-debuginfo-1:2.0.9-2.el6.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • dovecot-debuginfo-1:2.0.9-2.el6.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6)
  • dovecot-debuginfo-1:2.0.9-2.el6.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • dovecot-debuginfo-1:2.0.9-2.el6.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • dovecot-debuginfo-1:2.0.9-2.el6.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6)
  • dovecot-debuginfo-1:2.0.9-2.el6.s390 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • dovecot-debuginfo-1:2.0.9-2.el6.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • dovecot-debuginfo-1:2.0.9-2.el6.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6)
  • dovecot-debuginfo-1:2.0.9-2.el6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • dovecot-debuginfo-1:2.0.9-2.el6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6)
  • dovecot-debuginfo-1:2.0.9-2.el6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • dovecot-debuginfo-1:2.0.9-2.el6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6)
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✅ Remediation

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

🔗 References (6)