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Red Hat: CVE-2020-10967: CVE-2020-10967 dovecot: sending mail with empty quoted localpart leads to DoS (Multiple Advisories)

Name: Red Hat: CVE-2020-10967: CVE-2020-10967 dovecot: sending mail with empty quoted localpart leads to DoS (Multiple Advisories)
Creator: Red Hat
Published: 2020-05-18T00:00:00.000Z
Keywords: CVE, CWE-20, Red Hat, 2020, 10967, 10967 dovecot, redhat-upgrade-dovecot, redhat-upgrade-dovecot-debuginfo, redhat-upgrade-dovecot-debugsource, redhat-upgrade-dovecot-devel, redhat-upgrade-dovecot-mysql, redhat-upgrade-dovecot-mysql-debuginfo, redhat-upgrade-dovecot-pgsql, redhat-upgrade-dovecot-pgsql-debuginfo, redhat-upgrade-dovecot-pigeonhole, redhat-upgrade-dovecot-pigeonhole-debuginfo, Severity 5

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Severity

CVSS

(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

Published

May 18, 2020

Added

Nov 5, 2020

Modified

Mar 27, 2026

Description

In Dovecot before 2.3.10.1, remote unauthenticated attackers can crash the lmtp or submission process by sending mail with an empty localpart.

Solutions

redhat-upgrade-dovecotredhat-upgrade-dovecot-debuginforedhat-upgrade-dovecot-debugsourceredhat-upgrade-dovecot-develredhat-upgrade-dovecot-mysqlredhat-upgrade-dovecot-mysql-debuginforedhat-upgrade-dovecot-pgsqlredhat-upgrade-dovecot-pgsql-debuginforedhat-upgrade-dovecot-pigeonholeredhat-upgrade-dovecot-pigeonhole-debuginfo

References

CWE-20
EUVD-EUVD-2020-3368
NVD-CVE-2020-10967
REDHAT-RHSA-2020:4763
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2020-3368

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