CVE-2017-14461

A specially crafted email delivered over SMTP and passed on to Dovecot by MTA 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 email message to the server.

CVSS v3.0 7.1 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 5.5 MEDIUM

7.1^/10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 4.2

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

5.5^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:P

Exploitability : 8.0 / Impact : 4.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2018-February/000370.html	Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0510	Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4130	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103201	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3587-1/	Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/03/msg00036.html
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3587-2/

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.2.33.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:::::::*

Configuration 3 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:ubuntu:ubuntu:14.04::::lts:::
	cpe:2.3:o:ubuntu:ubuntu:16.04::::lts:::
	cpe:2.3:o:ubuntu:ubuntu:17.10:::::::*

Information

Published : 2018-03-02 07:29

Updated : 2022-04-19 12:15

NVD link : CVE-2017-14461

Mitre link : CVE-2017-14461

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-125

Out-of-bounds Read

CWE-200

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

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Products Affected

debian

debian_linux

dovecot

dovecot

ubuntu

ubuntu

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