ghsa-qchv-9m57-q82h
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-13 01:36
Modified
2022-05-13 01:36
Severity ?
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details

Dovecot before version 2.2.29 is vulnerable to a denial of service. When 'dict' passdb and userdb were used for user authentication, the username sent by the IMAP/POP3 client was sent through var_expand() to perform %variable expansion. Sending specially crafted %variable fields could result in excessive memory usage causing the process to crash (and restart), or excessive CPU usage causing all authentications to hang.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2017-2669"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-20"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2018-06-21T13:29:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "Dovecot before version 2.2.29 is vulnerable to a denial of service. When \u0027dict\u0027 passdb and userdb were used for user authentication, the username sent by the IMAP/POP3 client was sent through var_expand() to perform %variable expansion. Sending specially crafted %variable fields could result in excessive memory usage causing the process to crash (and restart), or excessive CPU usage causing all authentications to hang.",
  "id": "GHSA-qchv-9m57-q82h",
  "modified": "2022-05-13T01:36:49Z",
  "published": "2022-05-13T01:36:49Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-2669"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/dovecot/core/commit/000030feb7a30f193197f1aab8a7b04a26b42735.patch"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2669"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot-news/2017-April/000341.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3828"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/04/11/1"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97536"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}


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