openEuler 20.03 LTS update for dovecot
| Risk | Medium |
| Patch available | YES |
| Number of vulnerabilities | 3 |
| CVE-ID | CVE-2020-12673 CVE-2020-12674 CVE-2020-12100 |
| CWE-ID | CWE-125 CWE-20 CWE-835 |
| Exploitation vector | Network |
| Public exploit | N/A |
| Vulnerable software Subscribe |
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| Vendor | openEuler |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains information about 3 vulnerabilities.
1) Out-of-bounds read
EUVDB-ID: #VU45672
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 5.2 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-12673
CWE-ID:
CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe 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.
Install updates from vendor's repository.
Vulnerable software versionsopenEuler: 20.03 LTS
dovecot-help: before 2.3.10.1-3
dovecot-devel: before 2.3.10.1-3
dovecot-debugsource: before 2.3.10.1-3
dovecot-debuginfo: before 2.3.10.1-3
dovecot: before 2.3.10.1-3
External linkshttp://www.openeuler.org/en/security/security-bulletins/detail/?id=openEuler-SA-2020-1091
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
2) Input validation error
EUVDB-ID: #VU45673
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-12674
CWE-ID:
CWE-20 - Improper input validation
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in RPA requests. A remote attacker can send a specially formatted 0-lenght RPA request and crash the auth service.
Install updates from vendor's repository.
Vulnerable software versionsopenEuler: 20.03 LTS
dovecot-help: before 2.3.10.1-3
dovecot-devel: before 2.3.10.1-3
dovecot-debugsource: before 2.3.10.1-3
dovecot-debuginfo: before 2.3.10.1-3
dovecot: before 2.3.10.1-3
External linkshttp://www.openeuler.org/en/security/security-bulletins/detail/?id=openEuler-SA-2020-1091
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
3) Infinite loop
EUVDB-ID: #VU45671
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-12100
CWE-ID:
CWE-835 - Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to infinite loop in submission, lmtp, and lda when processing e-mail message with deeply nested MIME parts. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted email to consume all available system resources and cause denial of service conditions.
MitigationInstall updates from vendor's repository.
Vulnerable software versionsopenEuler: 20.03 LTS
dovecot-help: before 2.3.10.1-3
dovecot-devel: before 2.3.10.1-3
dovecot-debugsource: before 2.3.10.1-3
dovecot-debuginfo: before 2.3.10.1-3
dovecot: before 2.3.10.1-3
External linkshttp://www.openeuler.org/en/security/security-bulletins/detail/?id=openEuler-SA-2020-1091
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
