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.
References
Link Resource
http://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot-news/2016-December/000333.html Release Notes Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/02/4 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/12 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94639 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2017-02-16T18:00:00

Updated: 2017-02-16T17:57:01

Reserved: 2016-10-12T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2016-8652

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2017-02-17T02:59:13.547

Modified: 2017-02-22T19:11:52.970


Link: CVE-2016-8652

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cve-icon Redhat Information

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CWE