Use After Free Affecting dovecot package, versions <1:2.3.10.1+dfsg1-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.8% (82nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN13-DOVECOT-5675731
  • published18 May 2020
  • disclosed18 May 2020

Introduced: 18 May 2020

CVE-2020-10958  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:13 dovecot to version 1:2.3.10.1+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:13 relevant fixed versions and status.

In Dovecot before 2.3.10.1, a crafted SMTP/LMTP message triggers an unauthenticated use-after-free bug in submission-login, submission, or lmtp, and can lead to a crash under circumstances involving many newlines after a command.

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