CVE-2017-14461

dovecot: Information Leak Vulnerability in rfc822_parse_domain leading to denial-of-service

Published Mar 2, 2018 CVSS 3.0 · 5.9 Medium EPSS 16.7% KEV · Not listed
Description
A specially crafted email delivered over SMTP and passed on to Dovecot by MTA can trigger an out of bounds read resulting in potential sensitive information disclosure and denial of service. In order to trigger this vulnerability, an attacker needs to send a specially crafted email message to the server.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1333-1 dovecot security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4130-1 dovecot security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-5964 A specially crafted email delivered over SMTP and passed on to Dovecot by MTA can trigger an out of bounds read resulting in potential sensitive information disclosure and denial of service. In order to trigger this vulnerability, an attacker needs to send a specially crafted email message to the server.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3587-1 Dovecot vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3587-2 Dovecot vulnerabilities
History

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
talos
Published
Updated
Sep 16, 2024, 11:00 PM
Reserved
Sep 13, 2017, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Mar 2, 2018, 3:29 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 1:06 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Feb 28, 2018, 12:00 AM