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HistoryDec 08, 2014 - 12:00 a.m.

Dovecot: Denial of service

2014-12-0800:00:00
Gentoo Foundation
security.gentoo.org
20

CVSS2

5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

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

EPSS

0.091

Percentile

94.7%

Background

Dovecot is an open source IMAP and POP3 email server.

Description

Dovecot does not properly close connections, allowing a resource exhaustion for incomplete SSL/TLS handshakes.

Impact

A remote attacker could possibly cause a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Dovecot users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-mail/dovecot-2.2.13"
OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
Gentooanyallnet-mail/dovecot< 2.2.13UNKNOWN

CVSS2

5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

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

EPSS

0.091

Percentile

94.7%