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.
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published: 2018-06-21T13:00:00
Updated: 2024-08-05T14:02:06.877Z
Reserved: 2016-12-01T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2017-2669
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NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2018-06-21T13:29:00.317
Modified: 2024-11-21T03:23:56.570
Link: CVE-2017-2669
Redhat