CVE-2011-1929
N/A
Published: May 24, 2011 at 11:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:30 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorDovecot
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
Description
lib-mail/message-header-parser.c in Dovecot 1.2.x before 1.2.17 and 2.0.x before 2.0.13 does not properly handle '\0' characters in header names, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash or mailbox corruption) via a crafted e-mail message.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot/2011-May/059085.html
- http://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot/2011-May/059086.html
- http://hg.dovecot.org/dovecot-1.1/rev/3698dfe0f21c
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/061384.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-May/060815.html
References (25)
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot/2011-May/059085.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_MLISTPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot/2011-May/059086.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/061384.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-May/060815.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-May/060825.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_MLISTPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/18/4Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/19/3Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20
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