CVE-2008-4907

The message parsing feature in Dovecot 1.1.4 and 1.1.5, when using the FETCH ENVELOPE command in the IMAP client, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service persistent crash via an email with a malformed From address, which triggers an assertion error, aka "invalid message address parsi...

Dovecot 1.1.x - Invalid Message Address Parsing Denial of Service

Dovecot 1.1.x - Invalid Message Address Parsing Denial of Service 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...

Dovecot 1.1.x - Invalid Message Address Parsing Denial of Service

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,...