Auth bypass in Dovecot

CVE-2014-3430

Dovecot 1.1 before 2.2.13 and dovecot-ee before 2.1.7.7 and 2.2.x before 2.2.12.12 does not properly close old connections, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via an incomplete SSL/TLS handshake for an IMAP/POP3 connection.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

EPSS: 0.033 (87.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Dovecot — versions 1.1, 1.1.0, 1.1.1
  • N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

References