Use After Free Affecting dovecot-pgsql package, versions <1:2.3.8-4.el8


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.8% (82nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE8-DOVECOTPGSQL-2574081
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • 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 Oracle:8 dovecot-pgsql to version 1:2.3.8-4.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2020-4763.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream dovecot-pgsql package and not the dovecot-pgsql package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:8 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.

CVSS Scores

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