Out-of-bounds Read Affecting dovecot-pigeonhole package, versions <1:2.2.36-6.amzn2.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.66% (81st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-DOVECOTPIGEONHOLE-1683743
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed12 Aug 2020

Introduced: 12 Aug 2020

CVE-2020-12673  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 dovecot-pigeonhole to version 1:2.2.36-6.amzn2.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2020-1489.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream dovecot-pigeonhole package and not the dovecot-pigeonhole package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

In Dovecot before 2.3.11.3, sending a specially formatted NTLM request will crash the auth service because of an out-of-bounds read.

CVSS Scores

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