CVE-2008-4907

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 None

Description

The message parsing feature in Dovecot 1.1.4 and 1.1.5, when using the FETCH ENVELOPE command in the IMAP client, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (persistent crash) via an email with a malformed From address, which triggers an assertion error, aka "invalid message address parsing bug."

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2008-4907

Assigner
cve@mitre.org

Vulnerability Status
Modified

Published Version
2008-11-04T00:58:40

Last Modified Date
2017-08-08T01:32:59

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-20	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.1.4:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.1.5:::::::*	1	OR

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
MEDIUM

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
NONE

Integrity Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
PARTIAL

Base Score
4.3

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
8.6

Impact Score
2.9

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2008-October/000089.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31997	Patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/32479	Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-666-1
http://secunia.com/advisories/32677
http://secunia.com/advisories/33149
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-16.xml
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46227

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4907
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4907

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 09:05:28				Added to TrackCVE