vulnerability
FreeBSD: VID-a8c8001b-216c-11e7-80aa-005056925db4 (CVE-2017-2669): dovecot -- Dovecot DoS when passdb dict was used for authentication
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Apr 30, 2017 | May 2, 2017 | Dec 10, 2025 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Apr 30, 2017
Added
May 2, 2017
Modified
Dec 10, 2025
Description
Timo Sirainen reports: passdb/userdb dict: Don't double-expand %variables in keys. If dict was used as the authentication passdb, using specially crafted %variables in the username could be used to cause DoS.
Solutions
freebsd-upgrade-package-dovecotfreebsd-upgrade-package-dovecot2
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