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Dovecot 1.1.x - Invalid Message Address Parsing Denial of Service
| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 19 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | CVE-2008-4907 | 30 Oct 200800:00 | – | circl |
 | CVE-2008-4907 | 4 Nov 200800:00 | – | cve |
 | CVE-2008-4907 | 4 Nov 200800:00 | – | cvelist |
 | CVE-2008-4907 | 4 Nov 200800:00 | – | debiancve |
 | GLSA-200812-16 : Dovecot: Multiple vulnerabilities | 15 Dec 200800:00 | – | nessus |
| Ubuntu 8.10 : dovecot vulnerability (USN-666-1) | 23 Apr 200900:00 | – | nessus |
 | Dovecot: Multiple vulnerabilities | 14 Dec 200800:00 | – | gentoo |
 | CVE-2008-4907 | 4 Nov 200800:58 | – | nvd |
 | Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200812-16 (dovecot) | 23 Dec 200800:00 | – | openvas |
| Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-666-1) | 23 Mar 200900:00 | – | openvas |
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source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31997/info
Dovecot is prone to a remote denial-of-service vulnerability because it fails to handle certain specially crafted email headers.
An attacker can exploit this issue to prevent recipients from accessing their mailboxes.
For an exploit to succeed, the IMAP client connecting to Dovecot must use the FETCH ENVELOPE command.
The issue affects Dovecot 1.1.4 and 1.1.5.
The following invalid message address header is sufficient to trigger this issue:
"From: ("Data
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27 Mar 2014 00:00Current
5.8Medium risk
Vulners AI Score5.8
CVSS 24.3
EPSS0.06203