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Medium
CVE-2008-4907
The message parsing feature in Dovecot 1.1.4 and 1.1.5, when...
Vulnerability Description
The message parsing feature in Dovecot 1.1.4 and 1.1.5, when using the FETCH ENVELOPE command in the IMAP client, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (persistent crash) via an email with a malformed From address, which triggers an assertion error, aka "invalid message address parsing bug."
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2008-October/000089.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33149
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46227
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-666-1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31997
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-16.xml
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32677
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32479
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Affected Vendor
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Vulnerable Versions:
1.1.4, 1.1.5
Timeline
Official Publish:
November 4th, 2008
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.