vulnerability
Debian: CVE-2017-14461: dovecot -- security update
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:P) | Mar 2, 2018 | Mar 4, 2018 | Mar 30, 2026 |
Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:P)
Published
Mar 2, 2018
Added
Mar 4, 2018
Modified
Mar 30, 2026
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.
Solution
debian-upgrade-dovecot
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