{"id":"RLSA-2022:7623","summary":"Moderate: dovecot security update","details":"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. \n\nSecurity Fix(es):\n\n* dovecot: Privilege escalation when similar master and non-master passdbs are used (CVE-2022-30550)\n\nFor 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.\n\nAdditional Changes:\n\nFor detailed information on changes in this release, see the Rocky Linux 8.7 Release Notes linked from the References section.","modified":"2026-02-04T10:00:04.343233Z","published":"2022-11-08T06:24:56Z","upstream":["CVE-2022-30550"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2022:7623"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2105070"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"dovecot","ecosystem":"Rocky Linux:8","purl":"pkg:rpm/rocky-linux/dovecot?distro=rocky-linux-8&epoch=1"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:2.3.16-3.el8"}],"database_specific":{"yum_repository":"AppStream"}}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2022:7623.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N"}],"credits":[{"name":"Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation"},{"name":"Red Hat"}]}