Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU11218

Resource exhaustion in Dovecot - CVE-2017-15130

Published: March 6, 2018 / Updated: March 22, 2018

Vulnerability identifier: #VU11218

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-15130

CWE-ID: CWE-400

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vendor: Dovecot

Affected software:
Dovecot

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to excessive memory usage. A remote attacker can cause the service to crash.

Update to versions 2.2.34 or 2.3.0.1.