CVE-2016-8652
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-02-16 18:00
Modified
2024-08-06 02:27
Severity ?
Summary
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.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot-news/2016-December/000333.htmlRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/02/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/12Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94639Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot-news/2016-December/000333.htmlRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/02/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/12Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94639Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
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