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SUSE: CVE-2020-7957: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2020-7957: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
02/12/2020
Created
02/10/2022
Added
02/04/2022
Modified
02/04/2022

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.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-dovecot23
  • suse-upgrade-dovecot23-backend-mysql
  • suse-upgrade-dovecot23-backend-pgsql
  • suse-upgrade-dovecot23-backend-sqlite
  • suse-upgrade-dovecot23-devel
  • suse-upgrade-dovecot23-fts
  • suse-upgrade-dovecot23-fts-lucene
  • suse-upgrade-dovecot23-fts-solr
  • suse-upgrade-dovecot23-fts-squat

References

  • CVE-2020-7957

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