Description
Dovecot before version 2.2.29 is vulnerable to a denial of service. When 'dict' passdb and userdb were used for user authentication, the username sent by the IMAP/POP3 client was sent through var_expand() to perform %variable expansion. Sending specially crafted %variable fields could result in excessive memory usage causing the process to crash (and restart), or excessive CPU usage causing all authentications to hang.
Published: 2018-06-21
Score: 3.7 Low
EPSS: 6.9% Low
KEV: No
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Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3828-1 dovecot security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-11814 Dovecot before version 2.2.29 is vulnerable to a denial of service. When 'dict' passdb and userdb were used for user authentication, the username sent by the IMAP/POP3 client was sent through var_expand() to perform %variable expansion. Sending specially crafted %variable fields could result in excessive memory usage causing the process to crash (and restart), or excessive CPU usage causing all authentications to hang.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3258-1 Dovecot vulnerability
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3258-2 Dovecot regression
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Debian Debian Linux
Dovecot Dovecot
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T14:02:06.877Z

Reserved: 2016-12-01T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-2669

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-06-21T13:29:00.317

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:23:56.570

Link: CVE-2017-2669

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2017-04-10T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-2669 - Bugzilla

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