CVE-2008-4907 (GCVE-0-2008-4907)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-11-04 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 10:31
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
The message parsing feature in Dovecot 1.1.4 and 1.1.5, when using the FETCH ENVELOPE command in the IMAP client, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (persistent crash) via an email with a malformed From address, which triggers an assertion error, aka "invalid message address parsing bug."
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
8 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2008-Oct… | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/33149 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-666-1 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31997 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
| http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-16.xml | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/32677 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/32479 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA |
Date Public
2008-10-30 00:00
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