Description (CNA)
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.
Affected (CNA)
| Vendor / product | Versions |
|---|---|
| n/a / n/a | affected n/a |
CWE
No CWE identifiers supplied.
References
- https://dovecot.org/security
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/02/12/2
- https://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot-news/2020-February/000430.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6XYT55WH372BJOXCJRKBDIFGBMPVOIDT/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NJXHOUT3FH2DJNMACSX4GHPP4MUV4UKA/
ADP enrichment
No English description supplied.
- https://dovecot.org/security
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/02/12/2
- https://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot-news/2020-February/000430.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6XYT55WH372BJOXCJRKBDIFGBMPVOIDT/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NJXHOUT3FH2DJNMACSX4GHPP4MUV4UKA/