Name: CVE-2016-8652: Improper Input Validation
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2017-02-17T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2016-8652, CWE-20, CVSS 5.9, EPSS 0.16367

The auth component in Dovecot before 2.2.27, when auth-policy is configured, allows a remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by aborting authentication without setting a username.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.0 Base Score: 5.9
CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade dovecot	Jul 30, 2024	Feb 17, 2017

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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