RHSA-2022:8208 — Security Advisory
Red Hat Security Advisory: dovecot security and enhancement update
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
Products
Official CSAF product identity
Published · November 15, 2022
Updated · June 25, 2026
Topic
An update for dovecot is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
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: Privilege escalation when similar master and non-master passdbs are used (CVE-2022-30550)
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.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.1 Release Notes linked from the References section.