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CVE-2017-14461

dovecot: Information Leak Vulnerability in rfc822_parse_domain leading to denial-of-service

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5.9

CVSS 3.0

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Published · February 28, 2018

Updated · June 30, 2026

Description

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.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 5.9
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H

CWE-200 · Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor