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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.

Published

2011-05-24T23:55:04.387

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 5.0 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-20

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	dovecot	dovecot	1.2.0	Yes
Application	dovecot	dovecot	1.2.1	Yes
Application	dovecot	dovecot	1.2.2	Yes
Application	dovecot	dovecot	1.2.3	Yes
Application	dovecot	dovecot	1.2.4	Yes
Application	dovecot	dovecot	1.2.5	Yes
Application	dovecot	dovecot	1.2.6	Yes
Application	dovecot	dovecot	1.2.7	Yes
Application	dovecot	dovecot	1.2.8	Yes
Application	dovecot	dovecot	1.2.9	Yes
Application	dovecot	dovecot	1.2.10	Yes
Application	dovecot	dovecot	1.2.11	Yes
Application	dovecot	dovecot	1.2.12	Yes
Application	dovecot	dovecot	1.2.13	Yes
Application	dovecot	dovecot	1.2.14	Yes
Application	dovecot	dovecot	1.2.15	Yes
Application	dovecot	dovecot	1.2.16	Yes
Application	dovecot	dovecot	2.0	Yes
Application	dovecot	dovecot	2.0.0	Yes
Application	dovecot	dovecot	2.0.1	Yes
Application	dovecot	dovecot	2.0.2	Yes
Application	dovecot	dovecot	2.0.3	Yes
Application	dovecot	dovecot	2.0.4	Yes
Application	dovecot	dovecot	2.0.5	Yes
Application	dovecot	dovecot	2.0.6	Yes
Application	dovecot	dovecot	2.0.7	Yes
Application	dovecot	dovecot	2.0.8	Yes
Application	dovecot	dovecot	2.0.9	Yes
Application	dovecot	dovecot	2.0.10	Yes
Application	dovecot	dovecot	2.0.11	Yes
Application	dovecot	dovecot	2.0.12	Yes

References

http://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot/2011-May/059085.html Patch ([email protected])
http://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot/2011-May/059086.html Patch ([email protected])
http://hg.dovecot.org/dovecot-1.1/rev/3698dfe0f21c Patch ([email protected])
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/061384.html ([email protected])
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-May/060815.html ([email protected])
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-May/060825.html ([email protected])
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/18/4 Patch ([email protected])
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/19/3 Patch ([email protected])
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/19/6 Patch ([email protected])
http://osvdb.org/72495 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/44683 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/44712 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/44756 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/44771 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/44827 ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2252 ([email protected])
http://www.dovecot.org/doc/NEWS-1.2 ([email protected])
http://www.dovecot.org/doc/NEWS-2.0 ([email protected])
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:101 ([email protected])
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1187.html ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47930 ([email protected])
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1143-1 ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=706286 Patch ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67589 ([email protected])
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/8581790 ([email protected])
http://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot/2011-May/059085.html Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot/2011-May/059086.html Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://hg.dovecot.org/dovecot-1.1/rev/3698dfe0f21c Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/061384.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-May/060815.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-May/060825.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/18/4 Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/19/3 Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/19/6 Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://osvdb.org/72495 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/44683 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/44712 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/44756 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/44771 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/44827 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2252 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.dovecot.org/doc/NEWS-1.2 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.dovecot.org/doc/NEWS-2.0 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:101 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1187.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47930 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1143-1 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=706286 Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67589 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/8581790 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)