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Improper Input Validation The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package dovecot  (opens in a new tab)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-UBUNTU1404-DOVECOT-610541
  • published10 Sept 2020
  • disclosed12 Feb 2020
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Introduced: 12 Feb 2020

CVE-2020-7957  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:14.04.

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 IMAP and LMTP components in Dovecot 2.3.9 before 2.3.9.3 mishandle snippet generation when many characters must be read to compute the snippet and a trailing > character exists. This causes a denial of service in which the recipient cannot read all of their messages.