[ALSA-2026:46532] Important: dovecot security update
Type:
security
Severity:
important
Release date:
2026-07-28
Description:
Dovecot is an IMAP server for Linux and other UNIX-like systems, written primarily with security in mind. It also contains a small POP3 server, and supports e-mail in either the maildir or mbox format. The SQL drivers and authentication plug-ins are provided as subpackages. Security Fix(es): * dovecot: Dovecot: Denial of Service via excessive IMAP bracing (CVE-2026-42006) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
References:
Updated packages listed below:
Architecture Package Checksum
aarch64 dovecot-2.3.16-8.el8_10.aarch64.rpm 04ef73ed6c7145e27e7c117d25ff9a41e9f2415e9852584896fd9ef545355f59
aarch64 dovecot-mysql-2.3.16-8.el8_10.aarch64.rpm 05468fc38fb36b2e6a2b5e562852b35a840c6bd3272c64647980db9ba34894b3
aarch64 dovecot-pgsql-2.3.16-8.el8_10.aarch64.rpm 6f0f6d6b2b22de068b4a4c9ee3171b75178f7fe9a5dfbe4dbf8011144390cec6
aarch64 dovecot-devel-2.3.16-8.el8_10.aarch64.rpm 89856e598dd59ce242f85ac4faa5fbb61891cc80d20025a0c571f4fc5e000283
aarch64 dovecot-pigeonhole-2.3.16-8.el8_10.aarch64.rpm df8207c81553c958f24668cfc62fb0dae74218515a396c21902d40c0d2c7bf37
i686 dovecot-devel-2.3.16-8.el8_10.i686.rpm 26da4e50a3f757ea5d6e90c11749b5b61ec197a80f38cfbac44cc1d1f261f0ed
i686 dovecot-2.3.16-8.el8_10.i686.rpm 5edf2f7fe3eb1e105dbbe8bb0fd7019590725266a6bebf6cc6e5b02f83fe1008
ppc64le dovecot-pgsql-2.3.16-8.el8_10.ppc64le.rpm 877f83170944dd5477cec0ef92aab7ef615cdc3592432289987a5bcf4c3be7c5
ppc64le dovecot-devel-2.3.16-8.el8_10.ppc64le.rpm bd5642093eee8a2dac3bb69439eae826244eef44c7d8d01cb53c696a9c729ace
ppc64le dovecot-mysql-2.3.16-8.el8_10.ppc64le.rpm c3484e71ca2aebc14319f70c082f7120e522b8064b57164236f6e75074222e75
ppc64le dovecot-pigeonhole-2.3.16-8.el8_10.ppc64le.rpm c8cd5a01b24dfac709899915a4f76e99c0406bf76e439c7cd9897a712b317708
ppc64le dovecot-2.3.16-8.el8_10.ppc64le.rpm f375ea8657fb30e121068959fc35913333d66f09c5b1421128f33f81ee1c9614
s390x dovecot-devel-2.3.16-8.el8_10.s390x.rpm 18db5eab5d06ee20739275347002da2505ac6cc588c7a036e34d91b0d7e9ba80
s390x dovecot-2.3.16-8.el8_10.s390x.rpm 4cc9dbd669cc10fd8c5e36cdebce872e60261161b1f5448e9f4c360713e34e0b
s390x dovecot-pigeonhole-2.3.16-8.el8_10.s390x.rpm 8e8e32ecdfb642e9e07fb7c51923cd75e980ab56f3111e19da5ef371bf0ba4d7
s390x dovecot-mysql-2.3.16-8.el8_10.s390x.rpm d454e80681db90df098e504290a787636557188a4aba9265f54410e23f3b1ad7
s390x dovecot-pgsql-2.3.16-8.el8_10.s390x.rpm ef3960e5bc8a609574b3d8b9ac91357f904797f2ad1dae5da0ad922802f93280
x86_64 dovecot-pgsql-2.3.16-8.el8_10.x86_64.rpm 20f1319f72bd287d13a4aad6f212db168fb73075a89745b11096dce0e62aab3d
x86_64 dovecot-pigeonhole-2.3.16-8.el8_10.x86_64.rpm 9e455ae2e2450aa356212a9de5ff0d135ef681837764d61b1aa2636d41a98e21
x86_64 dovecot-mysql-2.3.16-8.el8_10.x86_64.rpm c9f6a69e07d6b97678a82d217c9a7042607423ba2488ef1498b0ed73deae5d83
x86_64 dovecot-devel-2.3.16-8.el8_10.x86_64.rpm e458aef528bb068e8e9178611e0ab0afe1707d68b59b5522a95c2aa8a1b59c86
x86_64 dovecot-2.3.16-8.el8_10.x86_64.rpm fdf8eeadbdbc98feda43866245b062a0bf12db37b41f03ef7af7040ce1e27b8d
Notes:
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