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FKIE_CVE-2013-2111

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2014-05-27 14:55 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:52
Severity
Summary
The IMAP functionality in Dovecot before 2.2.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via invalid APPEND parameters.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/53492
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2013-May/000255.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/24/1
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1028585
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/53492
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2013-May/000255.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/24/1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1028585
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
dovecot dovecot *
dovecot dovecot 2.2
dovecot dovecot 2.2
dovecot dovecot 2.2
dovecot dovecot 2.2
dovecot dovecot 2.2
dovecot dovecot 2.2
dovecot dovecot 2.2
dovecot dovecot 2.2.0
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