CVE-2008-4907
Published Nov 4, 2008
Last updated 7 years ago
Overview
- Description
- 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."
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
- NVD status
- Modified
Risk scores
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 4.3
- Impact score
- 2.9
- Exploitability score
- 8.6
- Vector string
- AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weaknesses
- nvd@nist.gov
- CWE-20
Social media
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
Vendor comments
- Red HatNot vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of the dovecot package, as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 or 5.
Configurations
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{
"negate": false,
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"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "71057F4B-3040-4771-B989-9F3453934AAA"
},
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "1730EBB1-4071-4A23-B770-D564AF422273"
}
],
"operator": "OR"
}
]
}
]