Uncontrolled Recursion Affecting dovecot package, versions <1:2.3.11.3+dfsg1-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.36% (90th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-DOVECOT-1544608
  • published12 Aug 2020
  • disclosed12 Aug 2020

Introduced: 12 Aug 2020

CVE-2020-12100  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-674  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:12 dovecot to version 1:2.3.11.3+dfsg1-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream dovecot package and not the dovecot package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.

In Dovecot before 2.3.11.3, uncontrolled recursion in submission, lmtp, and lda allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via a crafted e-mail message with deeply nested MIME parts.

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