ALT-PU-2017-1282-1
Closed vulnerabilities
Published: 2017-02-17
Modified: 2025-04-20
Modified: 2025-04-20
CVE-2016-8652
The auth component in Dovecot before 2.2.27, when auth-policy is configured, allows a remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by aborting authentication without setting a username.
Severity: MEDIUM (4.3)
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Severity: MEDIUM (5.9)
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
References:
- http://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot-news/2016-December/000333.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/02/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/12
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94639
- http://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot-news/2016-December/000333.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/02/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/12
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94639