Information Exposure Affecting dovecot-pgsql package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.66% (83rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-DOVECOTPGSQL-1367390
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed28 Feb 2018

Introduced: 28 Feb 2018

CVE-2017-14461  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:6 dovecot-pgsql.

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 RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:6 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.