CVE-2017-14461
CVSS V2 Medium 5.5
CVSS V3 High 7.1
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.
Overview
- CVE ID
- CVE-2017-14461
- Assigner
- talos-cna@cisco.com
- Vulnerability Status
- Modified
- Published Version
- 2018-03-02T15:29:00
- Last Modified Date
- 2022-04-19T19:15:17
Weakness Enumerations
CPE Configuration (Product)
| CPE | Vulnerable | Operator | Version Start | Version End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.2.33.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:ubuntu:ubuntu:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | 1 | OR | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:ubuntu:ubuntu:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | 1 | OR | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:ubuntu:ubuntu:17.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR |
CVSS Version 2
- Version
- 2.0
- Vector String
- AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:P
- Access Vector
- NETWORK
- Access Compatibility
- LOW
- Authentication
- SINGLE
- Confidentiality Impact
- PARTIAL
- Integrity Impact
- NONE
- Availability Impact
- PARTIAL
- Base Score
- 5.5
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- Exploitability Score
- 8
- Impact Score
- 4.9
CVSS Version 3
- Version
- 3.0
- Vector String
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Attack Compatibility
- LOW
- Privileges Required
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality Impact
- LOW
- Availability Impact
- HIGH
- Base Score
- 7.1
- Base Severity
- HIGH
- Exploitability Score
- 2.8
- Impact Score
- 4.2
References
| Reference URL | Reference Tags |
|---|---|
| https://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2018-February/000370.html | Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory |
| https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0510 | Third Party Advisory |
| https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4130 | Third Party Advisory |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103201 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/3587-1/ | Patch Third Party Advisory |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/03/msg00036.html | |
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/3587-2/ |
Sources
| Source Name | Source URL |
|---|---|
| NIST | https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14461 |
| MITRE | https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-14461 |
History
| Created | Old Value | New Value | Data Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-04-20 17:00:50 | Added to TrackCVE | |||
| 2022-12-03 02:55:58 | 2018-03-02T15:29Z | 2018-03-02T15:29:00 | CVE Published Date | updated |
| 2022-12-03 02:55:58 | 2022-04-19T19:15:17 | CVE Modified Date | updated | |
| 2022-12-03 02:55:58 | Modified | Vulnerability Status | updated | |
| 2022-12-03 02:55:58 | CWE-125 | Weakness Enumeration | updated |