cve-2015-3420
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-09-19 15:00
Modified
2024-08-06 05:47
Severity ?
EPSS score ?
7.63% (0.91386)
Summary
The ssl-proxy-openssl.c function in Dovecot before 2.2.17, when SSLv3 is disabled, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (login process crash) via vectors related to handshake failures.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/157030.htmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/158236.htmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/158261.htmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/27/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/28/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74335Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1216057Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot-news/2015-May/000292.htmlVendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot/2015-April/100618.htmlVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/157030.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/158236.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/158261.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/27/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/28/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74335Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1216057Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot-news/2015-May/000292.htmlVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot/2015-April/100618.htmlVendor Advisory
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