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HistoryNov 07, 2008 - 12:00 a.m.

Dovecot vulnerability

2008-11-0700:00:00
ubuntu.com
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CVSS2

4.3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

AI Score

7.5

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.163

Percentile

96.1%

Releases

  • Ubuntu 8.10

Packages

  • dovecot -

Details

It was discovered that certain email headers were not correctly handled
by Dovecot. If a remote attacker sent a specially crafted email to a
user with a mailbox managed by Dovecot, that user’s mailbox would become
inaccessible through Dovecot, leading to a denial of service.

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
Ubuntu8.10noarchdovecot-imapd< 1:1.1.4-0ubuntu1.2UNKNOWN
Ubuntu8.10noarchdovecot-common< 1:1.1.4-0ubuntu1.2UNKNOWN
Ubuntu8.10noarchdovecot-dev< 1:1.1.4-0ubuntu1.2UNKNOWN
Ubuntu8.10noarchdovecot-pop3d< 1:1.1.4-0ubuntu1.2UNKNOWN

CVSS2

4.3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

AI Score

7.5

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.163

Percentile

96.1%