cve-2008-4907
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2008-11-04 00:00
Modified
2024-08-07 10:31
Severity ?
Summary
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."
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/32479Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/32677
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/33149
cve@mitre.orghttp://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-16.xml
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2008-October/000089.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31997Patch
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-666-1
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46227
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/32479Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/32677
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/33149
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-16.xml
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2008-October/000089.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31997Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-666-1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46227
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