SB2014072110 - Fedora EPEL 5 update for fail2ban

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SB2014072110 - Fedora EPEL 5 update for fail2ban

Published: July 21, 2014 Updated: April 24, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2014072110
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2013-7177)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.

config/filter.d/cyrus-imap.conf in the cyrus-imap filter in Fail2ban before 0.8.11 allows remote attackers to trigger the blocking of an arbitrary IP address via a crafted e-mail address that matches an improperly designed regular expression.


2) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2013-7176)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.

config/filter.d/postfix.conf in the postfix filter in Fail2ban before 0.8.11 allows remote attackers to trigger the blocking of an arbitrary IP address via a crafted e-mail address that matches an improperly designed regular expression.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References