PT-2009-5551 · Dovecot+1 · Dovecot+1

Regis Duchesne · Published 2009-09-17 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2009-3235

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Dovecot versions 1.0 through 1.0.3 Dovecot versions 1.1 through 1.1.6

Description The issue allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted SIEVE script. This can be demonstrated by forwarding an e-mail message to a large number of recipients.

Recommendations For Dovecot versions 1.0 through 1.0.3, update to version 1.0.4 or later. For Dovecot versions 1.1 through 1.1.6, update to version 1.1.7 or later.

Fix

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2009-3235

DSA-1892-1

DSA-1893-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10015-1

RHSA-2009:1459

RHSA-2009_1459

Affected Products

Dovecot

Red Hat

References · 29

• http://secunia.com/advisories/36713 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2009-3235 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2009-3235 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00001.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-3235 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-3235 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Nov/msg00000.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10015-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2641 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/36698 · Vendor Advisory
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/USN-838-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00004.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2009-September/000135.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10515 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53248 · Note