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.
References
Link | Resource |
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http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/02/12/2 | Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
https://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot-news/2020-February/000430.html | Exploit Mailing List Vendor Advisory |
https://dovecot.org/security | Vendor Advisory |
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6XYT55WH372BJOXCJRKBDIFGBMPVOIDT/ | |
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NJXHOUT3FH2DJNMACSX4GHPP4MUV4UKA/ |
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MITRE Information
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2020-02-12T16:50:56
Updated: 2020-02-20T06:06:09
Reserved: 2020-01-24T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2020-7957
JSON object: View
NVD Information
Status : Modified
Published: 2020-02-12T17:15:12.563
Modified: 2023-11-07T03:26:14.137
Link: CVE-2020-7957
JSON object: View
Redhat Information
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CWE