Description
The IMAP and LMTP components in Dovecot 2.3.9 before 2.3.9.3 mishandle snippet generation when many characters must be read to compute the snippet and a trailing > character exists. This causes a denial of service in which the recipient cannot read all of their messages.
Published: 2020-02-12
Score: 5.3 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-28877 The IMAP and LMTP components in Dovecot 2.3.9 before 2.3.9.3 mishandle snippet generation when many characters must be read to compute the snippet and a trailing > character exists. This causes a denial of service in which the recipient cannot read all of their messages.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-04T09:48:24.611Z

Reserved: 2020-01-24T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-7957

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-02-12T17:15:12.563

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:38:05.377

Link: CVE-2020-7957

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2020-02-12T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2020-7957 - Bugzilla

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