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USN-1143-1: Dovecot vulnerability

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USN-1143-1: Dovecot vulnerability

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
05/24/2011
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/06/2013
Modified
07/09/2020

Description

lib-mail/message-header-parser.c in Dovecot 1.2.x before 1.2.17 and 2.0.x before 2.0.13 does not properly handle '\0' characters in header names, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash or mailbox corruption) via a crafted e-mail message.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-dovecot-common

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