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Medium
CVE-2011-1929
lib-mail/message-header-parser.c in Dovecot 1.2.x before 1.2.17 and 2.0.x before 2.0.13...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/061384.html
- http://hg.dovecot.org/dovecot-1.1/rev/3698dfe0f21c
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44771
- http://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot/2011-May/059086.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2252
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:101
- http://www.dovecot.org/doc/NEWS-2.0
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=706286
- http://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot/2011-May/059085.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1187.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-May/060825.html
- http://osvdb.org/72495
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67589
- https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/8581790
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47930
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/19/6
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44756
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44827
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-May/060815.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44683
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44712
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1143-1
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/19/3
- http://www.dovecot.org/doc/NEWS-1.2
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/18/4
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Vulnerable Versions:
1.2.0, 1.2.1, 1.2.2, 1.2.3, 1.2.4, 1.2.5, 1.2.6, 1.2.7, 1.2.8, 1.2.9, 1.2.10, 1.2.11, 1.2.12, 1.2.13, 1.2.14, 1.2.15, 1.2.16, 2.0, 2.0.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.0.3, 2.0.4, 2.0.5, 2.0.6, 2.0.7, 2.0.8, 2.0.9, 2.0.10, 2.0.11, 2.0.12
Timeline
Official Publish:
May 24th, 2011
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.