CVE-2011-1929
EPSS 4.3%dovecot - programming error
Published: 5/24/2011Modified: 4/28/2026
Also known as:DEBIAN-CVE-2011-1929
Description
lib-mail/message-header-parser.c in Dovecot 1.2.x before 1.2.17 and 2.0.x before 2.0.13 does not properly handle '\0' characters in header names, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash or mailbox corruption) via a crafted e-mail message.
Affected packages (2)
- Debian/dovecotfrom 0, < 1:2.0.13-1
- Debian/dovecotfrom 0, < 1:1.2.15-7