PT-2014-1283 · Dovecot+4 · Dovecot-Ee+5

Published 2014-02-18 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2014-3430

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Dovecot versions 1.1 through 2.2.12 Dovecot-ee versions 2.1.7.7 and earlier Dovecot-ee versions 2.2.x through 2.2.12.12

Description The issue is related to the improper closure of old connections, which can be exploited by a remote attacker to cause a denial of service. This is achieved by sending specially crafted packets during the SSL/TLS handshake when establishing an IMAP/POP3 connection, leading to resource consumption.

Recommendations For Dovecot versions 1.1 through 2.2.12, update to version 2.2.13 or later to resolve the issue. For Dovecot-ee versions 2.1.7.7 and earlier, update to version 2.1.7.7 or later to resolve the issue. For Dovecot-ee versions 2.2.x through 2.2.12.12, update to version 2.2.12.12 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

DoS

Improper Authentication

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-287

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2014-1208

BDU:2015-00046

CESA-2014_0790

CVE-2014-3430

DLA-0004-1

DSA-2954-1

MGASA-2014-0223

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10158-1

RHSA-2014:0790

RHSA-2014_0790

USN-2213-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Centos

Dovecot

Dovecot-Ee

Red Hat

Ubuntu

References · 42

• http://ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2213-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2014-1208 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3430 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-3430 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-3430 · Vendor Advisory
• http://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot-news/2014-May/000273.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3430 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-3430 · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2954 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2213-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:113 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-3430 · Security Note
• https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-0790.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/09/4 · Patch
• http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.mail.imap.dovecot/77499 · Patch