CVE-2019-10691

dovecot: Mishandling invalid UTF-8 characters by JSON encoder leading to possible DoS attack.

Published Apr 24, 2019 CVSS 3.0 · 7.5 High EPSS 2.8% KEV · Not listed
Description
The JSON encoder in Dovecot before 2.3.5.2 allows attackers to repeatedly crash the authentication service by attempting to authenticate with an invalid UTF-8 sequence as the username.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2019-2485 The JSON encoder in Dovecot before 2.3.5.2 allows attackers to repeatedly crash the authentication service by attempting to authenticate with an invalid UTF-8 sequence as the username.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3951-1 Dovecot vulnerability
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 4, 2024, 10:32 PM
Reserved
Apr 2, 2019, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Apr 24, 2019, 5:29 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 2:11 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Apr 18, 2019, 12:00 AM