CVE-2008-4907
N/A
Published: November 4, 2008 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:58 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorDovecot
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 6%
Description
The message parsing feature in Dovecot 1.1.4 and 1.1.5, when using the FETCH ENVELOPE command in the IMAP client, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (persistent crash) via an email with a malformed From address, which triggers an assertion error, aka "invalid message address parsing bug."
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (8)
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/32479Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
Source: [email protected]
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-16.xmlMailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2008-October/000089.htmlVDB Entryx_refsource_XF
Source: [email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46227Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20
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