vulnerability
SUSE: CVE-2020-7957: SUSE Linux Security Advisory
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Feb 12, 2020 | Feb 4, 2022 | Feb 4, 2022 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Feb 12, 2020
Added
Feb 4, 2022
Modified
Feb 4, 2022
Description
The IMAP and LMTP components in Dovecot 2.3.9 before 2.3.9.3 mishandle snippet generation when many characters must be read to compute the snippet and a trailing > character exists. This causes a denial of service in which the recipient cannot read all of their messages.
Solutions
suse-upgrade-dovecot23suse-upgrade-dovecot23-backend-mysqlsuse-upgrade-dovecot23-backend-pgsqlsuse-upgrade-dovecot23-backend-sqlitesuse-upgrade-dovecot23-develsuse-upgrade-dovecot23-ftssuse-upgrade-dovecot23-fts-lucenesuse-upgrade-dovecot23-fts-solrsuse-upgrade-dovecot23-fts-squat
References
Rapid7 Labs
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