Upstream information

CVE-2011-1929 at MITRE

Description

lib-mail/message-header-parser.c in Dovecot 1.2.x before 1.2.17 and 2.0.x before 2.0.13 does not properly handle '\0' characters in header names, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash or mailbox corruption) via a crafted e-mail message.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 5
Vector AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 694778 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

  • SUSE-SR:2011:010, published Tue, 31 May 2011 08:00:00 +0000
  • openSUSE-SU-2011:0540-1


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 07:59:30 2013
CVE page last modified: Fri Dec 8 16:48:50 2023