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    CVE-2009-3235

    Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the Sieve plugin in Dovecot 1.0 before 1.0.4 and 1.1 before 1.1.7, as derived from Cyrus libsieve, allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted SIEVE script, as demonstrated by forwarding an e-mail message to a large number of recipients, a different vulnerability than CVE-2009-2632.

    Published:Sep 14, 2009
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Sep 17, 2009
    EPSS Score:0.02782
    CVSS Score:7.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Dovecot
    Product
    Dovecot
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Related CVEs

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    CVE-2026-40020 (CVSS 3.1) — Attacker can use the IMAP SETACL command to inject the anyone permission to user's dovecot-acl file even if im…
    CVE-2026-40016 (CVSS 5.3) — Attacker can upload a malicious Sieve script over ManageSieve service (or locally) to bypass configured CPU ti…
    CVE-2026-33603 (CVSS 6.8) — Attacker can use a specially crafted base64 exchange between Dovecot and Client to fake SCRAM TLS channel bind…
    CVE-2026-27851 (CVSS 7.4) — When safe filter is used with variable expansion, all following pipelines on the same string are incorrectly i…
    CVE-2026-27860 (CVSS 3.7) — If auth_username_chars is empty, it is possible to inject arbitrary LDAP filter to Dovecot's LDAP authenticati…
    CVE-2026-27859 (CVSS 5.3) — A mail message containing excessive amount of RFC 2231 MIME parameters causes LMTP to use too much CPU. A suit…
    CVE-2026-27858 (CVSS 7.5) — Attacker can send a specifically crafted message before authentication that causes managesieve to allocate lar…
    CVE-2026-27857 (CVSS 4.3) — Sending "NOOP (((...)))" command with 4000 parenthesis open+close results in ~1MB extra memory usage. Longer c…
    CVE-2026-27856 (CVSS 7.4) — Doveadm credentials are verified using direct comparison which is susceptible to timing oracle attack. An atta…

    References

    http://dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2009-September/000135.html
    http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Nov/msg00000.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00001.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00004.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/36698
    http://secunia.com/advisories/36713
    http://secunia.com/advisories/36904
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3937
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/14/3
    http://www.osvdb.org/58103
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36377
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-838-1
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2641
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3184
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53248
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10515
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-September/msg00491.html
    http://dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2009-September/000135.html
    http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Nov/msg00000.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00001.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00004.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/36698
    http://secunia.com/advisories/36713
    http://secunia.com/advisories/36904
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3937
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/14/3
    http://www.osvdb.org/58103
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36377
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-838-1
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2641
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3184
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53248
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10515
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-September/msg00491.html

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High