CVE-2017-14461
Debian Security Advisory 4130-1
Severity Score
Exploit Likelihood
Affected Versions
Public Exploits
0Exploited in Wild
-Decision
Descriptions
A specially crafted email delivered over SMTP and passed on to Dovecot by MTA can trigger an out of bounds read resulting in potential sensitive information disclosure and denial of service. In order to trigger this vulnerability, an attacker needs to send a specially crafted email message to the server.
Un email especialmente manipulado enviado mediante SMTP y pasado a Dovecot, de MTA, puede desencadenar una lectura fuera de límites que resulta en la posible revelación de información sensible y una denegación de servicio (DoS). Para desencadenar esta vulnerabilidad, un atacantes necesita enviar un mensaje de email especialmente manipulado al servidor.
It was discovered that Dovecot incorrectly handled parsing certain email addresses. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Dovecot to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly obtain sensitive information. It was discovered that Dovecot incorrectly handled TLS SNI config lookups. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Dovecot to crash, resulting in a denial of service. Various other issues were also addressed.
CVSS Scores
SSVC
- Decision:-
Timeline
- 2017-09-13 CVE Reserved
- 2018-03-02 CVE Published
- 2024-09-16 CVE Updated
- 2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
- ---------- Exploited in Wild
- ---------- KEV Due Date
- ---------- First Exploit
CWE
- CWE-125: Out-of-bounds Read
- CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CAPEC
References (7)
| URL | Tag | Source |
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| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103201 | Third Party Advisory | |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/03/msg00036.html | Mailing List |
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| https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0510 | Third Party Advisory |
| URL | Date | SRC |
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| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|---|---|
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/3587-1 | 2022-04-19 |
| URL | Date | SRC |
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| https://usn.ubuntu.com/3587-2 | 2022-04-19 | |
| https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4130 | 2022-04-19 | |
| https://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2018-February/000370.html | 2022-04-19 |
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | <-- --> | Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status |
| Dovecot Search vendor "Dovecot" | Dovecot Search vendor "Dovecot" for product "Dovecot" | 2.2.33.2 Search vendor "Dovecot" for product "Dovecot" and version "2.2.33.2" | - |
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| Debian Search vendor "Debian" | Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" | 8.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "8.0" | - |
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| Debian Search vendor "Debian" | Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" | 9.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "9.0" | - |
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| Ubuntu Search vendor "Ubuntu" | Ubuntu Search vendor "Ubuntu" for product "Ubuntu" | 14.04 Search vendor "Ubuntu" for product "Ubuntu" and version "14.04" | lts |
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| Ubuntu Search vendor "Ubuntu" | Ubuntu Search vendor "Ubuntu" for product "Ubuntu" | 16.04 Search vendor "Ubuntu" for product "Ubuntu" and version "16.04" | lts |
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| Ubuntu Search vendor "Ubuntu" | Ubuntu Search vendor "Ubuntu" for product "Ubuntu" | 17.10 Search vendor "Ubuntu" for product "Ubuntu" and version "17.10" | - |
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