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Dovecot <= 2.2.33 DoS and Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
SMTP problems
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
5.5
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
4 years ago
Modified
Modified
4 years ago
Summary
Dovecot is prone to a vulnerability that may lead to Denial of Service and Information Disclosure.
Insight
Insight
A specially crafted email delivered over SMTP and passed on to Dovecot can trigger an out of bounds read resulting in potential sensitive information disclosure and denial of service. In order to trigger this vulnerability, an attacker needs to send a specially crafted amail message to the server.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Dovecot version 2.0.0 through 2.2.33.
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
Update to version 2.2.34.