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CVE-2011-1929

Date: May 24, 2011

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.

Language: C

Severity Score

5.3

Related Resources (28)

Url: http://osvdb.org/72495

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1929

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2011-1929

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47930

Url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=706286

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/44771

Url: http://www.dovecot.org/doc/NEWS-1.2

Url: http://www.dovecot.org/doc/NEWS-2.0

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/44756

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/44712

Url: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/061384.html

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2252

Url: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67589

Url: http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/19/6

Url: http://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot/2011-May/059086.html

Url: https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/8581790

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/44827

Url: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-May/060815.html

Url: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1187.html

Url: http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/19/3

Url: http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/18/4

Url: http://hg.dovecot.org/dovecot-1.1/rev/3698dfe0f21c

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/44683

Url: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-May/060825.html

Url: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:101

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1143-1

Url: http://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot/2011-May/059085.html

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2011-1929

Severity Score

5.3

Weakness Type (CWE)

Input Validation

CWE-20

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	5.3
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:	5.0
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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CVE-2011-1929

Date: May 24, 2011

Language: C

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CVSS v2

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