Information Exposure Affecting dovecot package, versions <1:2.2.34-1
Threat Intelligence
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- published2 Mar 2018
- disclosed2 Mar 2018
Introduced: 2 Mar 2018
CVE-2017-14461 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Debian:13 dovecot to version 1:2.2.34-1 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.
A specially crafted email delivered over SMTP and passed on to Dovecot by MTA can trigger an out of bounds read resulting in potential sensitive information disclosure and denial of service. In order to trigger this vulnerability, an attacker needs to send a specially crafted email message to the server.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-14461
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-14461
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4130
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/03/msg00036.html
- https://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2018-February/000370.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103201
- https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0510
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-14461
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3587-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3587-2/