{"id":"RLSA-2022:8208","summary":"Moderate: dovecot security and enhancement 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 9.1 Release Notes linked from the References section.","modified":"2026-02-05T03:30:08.422178Z","published":"2022-11-15T06:18:30Z","upstream":["CVE-2022-30550"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2022:8208"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2053368"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2095399"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2105070"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"dovecot","ecosystem":"Rocky Linux:9","purl":"pkg:rpm/rocky-linux/dovecot?distro=rocky-linux-9&epoch=1"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:2.3.16-7.el9"}],"database_specific":{"yum_repository":"AppStream"}}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2022:8208.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"}]}