CVE-2017-14461

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    CVE-2017-14461

    Published: 2 Mar 2018Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/03/msg00036.html, https://usn.ubuntu.com/3587-2/, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103201, https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0510, https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4130, https://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2018-February/000370.html, https://usn.ubuntu.com/3587-1/

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- d6601f4ec19ca263ab1e5fd54412e6c302aeffe3
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    2.2.33.2

    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
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