CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-8652
5.9 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-02-17
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 5.9 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20
Description
The auth component in Dovecot before 2.2.27, when auth-policy is configured, allows a remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by aborting authentication without setting a username.
Affected configurations
• dovecot dovecot (<= 2.2.27)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
References
- http://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot-news/2016-December/000333.html Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/02/4 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/12 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94639 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot-news/2016-December/000333.html Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/02/4 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/12 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94639 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry