Risk | Medium |
Patch available | YES |
Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
CVE-ID | CVE-2017-14461 |
CWE-ID | CWE-125 |
Exploitation vector | Network |
Public exploit | N/A |
Vulnerable software Subscribe |
dovecot (Alpine package) Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component |
Vendor | Alpine Linux Development Team |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU10838
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 6.2 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-14461
CWE-ID:
CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote authenticated attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information or cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists due to improper parsing of crafted email messages. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted email message over SMTP, trick the victim into opening it, trigger an out-of-bounds read and gain access to potentially sensitive information or cause the service to crash.
MitigationInstall update from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsdovecot (Alpine package): 2.2.33.2-r4
CPE2.3 External linkshttp://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=5725c3c222d375b3272cdc3c99476cc274e0ddc9
http://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=c98b313e7d98a22a3dd4c5c2e7f5bfe2d2415977
http://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=2e4b8b5d4343b5c1b09013d891c93e717041f324
http://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=44ec7e4406170dec0bcab3fc699115efa72fb094
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.