CVE-2010-0745 (GCVE-0-2010-0745)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2010-05-20 17:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 00:59
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Unspecified vulnerability in Dovecot 1.2.x before 1.2.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via long headers in an e-mail message.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
10 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-20… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1107 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN |
| http://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot/2010-Februar… | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE |
| http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=572268 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1226 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/03/10/6 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| http://dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2010-March/0… | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127013715227551&w=2 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
Date Public
2010-02-27 00:00
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