CVE-2014-3430

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    CVE-2014-3430

    Published: 14 May 2014Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Dovecot 1.1 before 2.2.13 and dovecot-ee before 2.1.7.7 and 2.2.x before 2.2.12.12 does not properly close old connections, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via an incomplete SSL/TLS handshake for an IMAP/POP3 connection.

    References: http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0223.html, http://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot-news/2014-May/000273.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0790.html, http://secunia.com/advisories/59051, http://secunia.com/advisories/59537, http://secunia.com/advisories/59552, http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2954, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:113, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2213-1, http://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot-news/2014-May/000273.html, http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.mail.imap.dovecot/77499, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/09/4, http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-0790.html, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/09/8, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67306

    Affected packages

    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