[ALSA-2026:41905] Important: dovecot security update
Type:
security
Severity:
important
Release date:
2026-07-22
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-devel-2.3.16-18.el9_8.1.aarch64.rpm 4eac150ea9102cc32fe3a2c3a504475b483568324cd8769cd2d044f0a9eee6b7
aarch64 dovecot-2.3.16-18.el9_8.1.aarch64.rpm a1a07d7b23c17ee7d4b18f86cd2e97cca9f7d6fb3a3cfc63b4ffc8a376eea5b9
aarch64 dovecot-pgsql-2.3.16-18.el9_8.1.aarch64.rpm a88a465177e0038c973aa9e90638d31a81d6443ba9d642af267c58fde5bdeb4f
aarch64 dovecot-mysql-2.3.16-18.el9_8.1.aarch64.rpm aa02f39d17b4d2c7737c6cfd1e7326f9acd5adefa3a9db84ce0423e8bdfc8917
aarch64 dovecot-pigeonhole-2.3.16-18.el9_8.1.aarch64.rpm e83b0aa9c51d76c8266092caeda3e7be478c93644bc9ee9d101498629f29db7c
i686 dovecot-2.3.16-18.el9_8.1.i686.rpm c98bb9bc75283c66d378fe674e94c8e4a1487e7808c67f11ca425677c895334a
i686 dovecot-devel-2.3.16-18.el9_8.1.i686.rpm de03e0b66934163a55dd327d58ecb207444fbbd6b584cc5c876eac65570c741b
ppc64le dovecot-mysql-2.3.16-18.el9_8.1.ppc64le.rpm 34837671460743f3ac911c81bf09a49080534044a4c98a50a65003c6b9b955c8
ppc64le dovecot-2.3.16-18.el9_8.1.ppc64le.rpm 7026c7b4f07bb583d462c68123e301ccd7825ca600758afca7ea53af45fbc68f
ppc64le dovecot-devel-2.3.16-18.el9_8.1.ppc64le.rpm e57ad42e861938611d2cbb1f3cb04580d74a21087fe356f8e9d1e643d69be14d
ppc64le dovecot-pgsql-2.3.16-18.el9_8.1.ppc64le.rpm efef5a40e20dcd815486936bd89ee6790cfb876df6cb0110d7683d184aa4aefc
ppc64le dovecot-pigeonhole-2.3.16-18.el9_8.1.ppc64le.rpm f4d40e1c63117ae0bd60a782fe2d012d51f6232d28656849869ada7b068d600f
s390x dovecot-2.3.16-18.el9_8.1.s390x.rpm 5d1d5b692c2080b459e9a627fc70626a88f3f42e7e8a4ba990f286663cca62aa
s390x dovecot-mysql-2.3.16-18.el9_8.1.s390x.rpm 7ade807831d238e8e236bb0e5adcffb6fa4fcd4f63e612b3c737350db29ccbfd
s390x dovecot-devel-2.3.16-18.el9_8.1.s390x.rpm 7d93631184b1b7985b97b93f8a14ea05babb9d9c8f5d7fae0c5d135030c9fd94
s390x dovecot-pgsql-2.3.16-18.el9_8.1.s390x.rpm a9fdb653ac9e4101be32093c2455621f06f3841c56bc3de14b64492ff020d2ce
s390x dovecot-pigeonhole-2.3.16-18.el9_8.1.s390x.rpm c95b48379c9dadd0d00e7037898e5651e57574371800440c60f8c0cc610f6d97
x86_64 dovecot-devel-2.3.16-18.el9_8.1.x86_64.rpm 118f613025ffd2681ecec939b0c8b4e02661730c6d5f33fdf3234668c2ce7c4c
x86_64 dovecot-2.3.16-18.el9_8.1.x86_64.rpm 3857511d951ebfda475568c8de73d6d7e44d4092a077eebe8506613261c91887
x86_64 dovecot-pigeonhole-2.3.16-18.el9_8.1.x86_64.rpm 5c29f5231102d93c4c6169206ff9651e87eb5472adbcf09f6161be560c23b0ff
x86_64 dovecot-mysql-2.3.16-18.el9_8.1.x86_64.rpm 778ecbf7a39d65068dbfbd1f3801a3c0ecc2cb41fe5ba4a2d217102a91c0d6b2
x86_64 dovecot-pgsql-2.3.16-18.el9_8.1.x86_64.rpm ce06a0bcd372816d8e2a477b7fa11972aba4cd64b67cfa3a77a9993555caa58b
Notes:
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