Description
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Dovecot before 1.0beta3 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash or hang) via unspecified vectors involving (1) "potential hangs" in the APPEND command and "potential crashes" in (2) dovecot-auth and (3) imap/pop3-login. NOTE: vector 2 might be related to a double free vulnerability.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | dovecot | 1.0.beta3-1 | — |
| Debian 13 | dovecot | 1.0.beta3-1 | — |
| Debian 12 | dovecot | 1.0.beta3-1 | — |
References
- 18870 third-party-advisory
- dovecot-append-dos(24709) vdb-entry
- ADV-2006-0549 vdb-entry
- [Dovecot] 20060208 1.0beta3 released mailing-list
- 16672 vdb-entry