Vigil@nce - Dovecot: buffer overflow via FTS/POP3-UIDL Headers Index
May 2019 by Vigil@nce
This bulletin was written by Vigil@nce : https://vigilance.fr/offer/Computer-vulnerability-database-and-alert
SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
Impacted products: Debian, openSUSE Leap, SUSE Linux Enterprise
Desktop, SLES, Ubuntu.
Severity: 2/4.
Consequences: user access/rights, denial of service on service,
denial of service on client.
Provenance: user account.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 29/03/2019.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can trigger a buffer overflow via FTS/POP3-UIDL
Headers Index of Dovecot, in order to trigger a denial of service,
and possibly to run code.
ACCESS TO THE FULL VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Dovecot-buffer-overflow-via-FTS-POP3-UIDL-Headers-Index-28891