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CVE-2013-2111 (GCVE-0-2013-2111)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-05-27 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 15:27
VLAI
Summary
The IMAP functionality in Dovecot before 2.2.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via invalid APPEND parameters.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/53492 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1028585 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/24/1 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2013-May… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
Date Public
2013-05-20 00:00
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