Improper Input Validation The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package dovecot  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1204-DOVECOT-619607
  • published10 Sept 2020
  • disclosed17 Feb 2017

Introduced: 17 Feb 2017

CVE-2016-8652  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:12.04.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream dovecot package and not the dovecot package as distributed by Ubuntu.

The auth component in Dovecot before 2.2.27, when auth-policy is configured, allows a remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by aborting authentication without setting a username.