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DEBIAN-CVE-2026-42006

Type: advisorySource: OSV1 source record

An attacker can cause uncontrolled memory usage with excessive bracing over IMAP. The fix in CVE-2026-27857 was incomplete, only blocking one way of doing this, so there was still another way left open. In particular, the fix was for closing braces, but you could still use open braces to bypass the limit. Using excessive bracing, attacker can cause memory usage up to configured memory limit. Install fixed version, or configure vsz_limit for imap process to low value. No publicly available exploits are known.

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DEBIAN-CVE-2026-42006

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Security context

Source reference: osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2026-42006

dovecot

Source reference: /affected/0/package/name

Affected versions
1:2.3.19.1+dfsg1-2.1

Source reference: /affected/0/versions

1:2.3.19.1+dfsg1-2.1+deb12u1

Source reference: /affected/0/versions

1:2.3.19.1+dfsg1-2.1+deb12u2

Source reference: /affected/0/versions

1:2.3.19.1+dfsg1-2.1+deb12u3

Source reference: /affected/0/versions

1:2.3.19.1+dfsg1-2.1+deb12u4

Source reference: /affected/0/versions

1:2.3.19.1+dfsg1-2.1+deb12u5

Source reference: /affected/0/versions

Fixed versions
1:2.3.19.1+dfsg1-2.1+deb12u6

Source reference: /affected/0/ranges

Prerequisites
Not stated in this record

dovecot

Source reference: /affected/1/package/name

Affected versions
1:2.4.1+dfsg1-6

Source reference: /affected/1/versions

1:2.4.1+dfsg1-6+deb13u1

Source reference: /affected/1/versions

1:2.4.1+dfsg1-6+deb13u2

Source reference: /affected/1/versions

1:2.4.1+dfsg1-6+deb13u3

Source reference: /affected/1/versions

1:2.4.1+dfsg1-6+deb13u4

Source reference: /affected/1/versions

1:2.4.1+dfsg1-6+deb13u5

Source reference: /affected/1/versions

Fixed versions
1:2.4.1+dfsg1-6+deb13u6

Source reference: /affected/1/ranges

Prerequisites
Not stated in this record

dovecot

Source reference: /affected/2/package/name

Affected versions
1:2.4.1+dfsg1-6

Source reference: /affected/2/versions

1:2.4.1+dfsg1-7

Source reference: /affected/2/versions

1:2.4.1+dfsg1-8

Source reference: /affected/2/versions

1:2.4.1+dfsg1-9

Source reference: /affected/2/versions

1:2.4.2+dfsg1-1

Source reference: /affected/2/versions

1:2.4.2+dfsg1-2

Source reference: /affected/2/versions

1:2.4.2+dfsg1-3

Source reference: /affected/2/versions

1:2.4.2+dfsg1-4

Source reference: /affected/2/versions

1:2.4.3+dfsg1-1

Source reference: /affected/2/versions

1:2.4.3+dfsg1-2

Source reference: /affected/2/versions

Fixed versions
1:2.4.4+dfsg1-1

Source reference: /affected/2/ranges

Prerequisites
Not stated in this record

Structured affected-version data

Original package identities and version rules from this source.

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          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "package": {
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      "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/dovecot?arch=source&distro=bookworm",
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      "1:2.3.19.1+dfsg1-2.1+deb12u3",
      "1:2.3.19.1+dfsg1-2.1+deb12u4",
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    ],
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    },
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    ],
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    },
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      "urgency": "not yet assigned"
    }
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          },
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      }
    ],
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    },
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      "1:2.4.1+dfsg1-7",
      "1:2.4.1+dfsg1-8",
      "1:2.4.1+dfsg1-9",
      "1:2.4.2+dfsg1-1",
      "1:2.4.2+dfsg1-2",
      "1:2.4.2+dfsg1-3",
      "1:2.4.2+dfsg1-4",
      "1:2.4.3+dfsg1-1",
      "1:2.4.3+dfsg1-2"
    ],
    "database_specific": {
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]

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