gsd-2017-14461
Vulnerability from gsd
Modified
2023-12-13 01:21
Details
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.
Aliases
Aliases
CVE-2017-14461


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   GSD: {
      alias: "CVE-2017-14461",
      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.",
      id: "GSD-2017-14461",
      references: [
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         "https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4130",
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         "https://advisories.mageia.org/CVE-2017-14461.html",
         "https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2017-14461",
      ],
   },
   gsd: {
      metadata: {
         exploitCode: "unknown",
         remediation: "unknown",
         reportConfidence: "confirmed",
         type: "vulnerability",
      },
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         id: "GSD-2017-14461",
         modified: "2023-12-13T01:21:13.151442Z",
         schema_version: "1.4.0",
      },
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            },
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                  scope: "UNCHANGED",
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         },
         lastModifiedDate: "2022-04-19T19:15Z",
         publishedDate: "2018-03-02T15:29Z",
      },
   },
}


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