SB2020081918 - Out-of-bounds read in dovecot (Alpine package)
Published: August 19, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2020081918
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-12673)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition when processing NTLM requests. A remote attacker can send a specially formatted NTLM reques, trigger out-of-bounds read error and crash the auth service.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.