Improper input validation in Dovecot
CVE-2011-1929
lib-mail/message-header-parser.c in Dovecot 1.2.x before 1.2.17 and 2.0.x before 2.0.13 does not properly handle '\0' characters in header names, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash or mailbox corruption) via a crafted e-mail message.
Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.033 (87.9th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 88th percentile — 87.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.033 · newest: 0.033 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Dovecot — versions 1.2.0, 1.2.1, 1.2.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/061384.html (vendor-advisory)
- hg.dovecot.org/dovecot-1.1/rev/3698dfe0f21c (Patch)
- secunia.com/advisories/44771 (third-party-advisory)
- dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot/2011-May/059086.html (mailing-list, Patch)
- www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2252 (vendor-advisory)
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory)
- www.dovecot.org/doc/NEWS-2.0
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Patch)
- dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot/2011-May/059085.html (mailing-list, Patch)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1187.html (vendor-advisory)