RHSA-2011:1187Medium

Red Hat Security Advisory: dovecot security update

Published
August 18, 2011
Last Modified
June 25, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2011-1929 →

📋 Description

CVE-2011-1929 — dovecot: potential crash when parsing header names that contain NUL characters

🎯 Affected products90

  • RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4
  • dovecot-0:0.99.11-10.EL4.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4
  • dovecot-0:0.99.11-10.EL4.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4
  • dovecot-0:0.99.11-10.EL4.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4
  • dovecot-0:0.99.11-10.EL4.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4
  • dovecot-0:0.99.11-10.EL4.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4
  • dovecot-0:0.99.11-10.EL4.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4
  • dovecot-0:0.99.11-10.EL4.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4
  • dovecot-0:0.99.11-10.EL4.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4
  • dovecot-0:0.99.11-10.EL4.s390 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4
  • dovecot-0:0.99.11-10.EL4.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4
  • dovecot-0:0.99.11-10.EL4.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4
  • dovecot-0:0.99.11-10.EL4.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4
  • dovecot-0:0.99.11-10.EL4.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4
  • dovecot-0:0.99.11-10.EL4.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4
  • dovecot-0:0.99.11-10.EL4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4
  • dovecot-0:0.99.11-10.EL4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4
  • dovecot-0:0.99.11-10.EL4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4
  • dovecot-0:0.99.11-10.EL4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4
  • dovecot-0:1.0.7-7.el5_7.1.i386 as a component of RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)
  • dovecot-0:1.0.7-7.el5_7.1.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • dovecot-0:1.0.7-7.el5_7.1.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • dovecot-0:1.0.7-7.el5_7.1.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
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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 (4)