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 parsing bug."

CVSS v2.0 4.3 MEDIUM

4.3^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2008-October/000089.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31997	Patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/32479	Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-666-1
http://secunia.com/advisories/32677
http://secunia.com/advisories/33149
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-16.xml
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46227

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.1.4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.1.5:::::::*

Information

Published : 2008-11-03 16:58

Updated : 2017-08-07 18:32

NVD link : CVE-2008-4907

Mitre link : CVE-2008-4907

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-20

Improper Input Validation

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Products Affected

dovecot

dovecot

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