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FreeBSD: VID-F9F76A50-9642-11E7-AB09-080027B00C2E (CVE-2017-14230): cyrus-imapd -- broken "other users" behaviour

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FreeBSD: VID-F9F76A50-9642-11E7-AB09-080027B00C2E (CVE-2017-14230): cyrus-imapd -- broken "other users" behaviour

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P)
Published
09/07/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
09/19/2017
Modified
05/03/2019

Description

In the mboxlist_do_find function in imap/mboxlist.c in Cyrus IMAP before 3.0.4, an off-by-one error in prefix calculation for the LIST command caused use of uninitialized memory, which might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information or cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a 'LIST "" "Other Users"' command.

Solution(s)

  • freebsd-upgrade-package-cyrus-imapd30

References

  • CVE-2017-14230

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