CVE-2017-14461
HIGH7.1EPSS 1.7%dovecot - security update
Published: 3/2/2018Modified: 12/3/2025
Also known as:ALPINE-CVE-2017-14461DEBIAN-CVE-2017-14461
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.
Affected packages (4)
- Alpine/dovecotfrom 0, < 2.3.1-r0
- Debian/dovecotfrom 0, < 1:2.2.34-1
- Debian/dovecotfrom 0, < 1:2.1.7-7+deb7u2
- Debian/dovecotfrom 0, < 1:2.2.13-12~deb8u4
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H |