#VU27984 Input validation error in Dovecot - CVE-2020-10967
Published: May 18, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU27984
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: 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:P/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-10967
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Dovecot
Dovecot
Software vendor:
Dovecot
Dovecot
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input passed via email message. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted email with empty quoted localpart and crash the submission or lmtp service.
PoC:
Send mail with envelope sender or recipient as ``<""@example.org>``.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.