CVE-2011-1929

CVE Details

Release Date:	2011-05-24
Impact:	Moderate	What is this?

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.

See more information about CVE-2011-1929 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	5.0
Vector String:	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Network
Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None
Availability Impact:	Partial

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (dovecot)	ELSA-2011-1187	2011-08-18
Oracle Linux version 5 (dovecot)	ELSA-2011-1187	2011-08-18
Oracle Linux version 6 (dovecot)	ELSA-2011-1187	2011-08-18