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CVE-2011-1929 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot/2011-May/059085.html	CVE	Patch
http://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot/2011-May/059086.html	CVE	Patch
http://hg.dovecot.org/dovecot-1.1/rev/3698dfe0f21c	CVE	Patch
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/061384.html	CVE
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-May/060815.html	CVE
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-May/060825.html	CVE
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/18/4	CVE	Patch
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/19/3	CVE	Patch
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/19/6	CVE	Patch
http://osvdb.org/72495	CVE
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=706286	CVE	Patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/44683	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/44712	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/44756	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/44771	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/44827	CVE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67589	CVE
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/8581790	CVE
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2252	CVE
http://www.dovecot.org/doc/NEWS-1.2	CVE
http://www.dovecot.org/doc/NEWS-2.0	CVE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:101	CVE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1187.html	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47930	CVE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1143-1	CVE
http://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot/2011-May/059085.html	[email protected]	Patch
http://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot/2011-May/059086.html	[email protected]	Patch
http://hg.dovecot.org/dovecot-1.1/rev/3698dfe0f21c	[email protected]	Patch
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/061384.html	[email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-May/060815.html	[email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-May/060825.html	[email protected]
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/18/4	[email protected]	Patch
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/19/3	[email protected]	Patch
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/19/6	[email protected]	Patch
http://osvdb.org/72495	[email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=706286	[email protected]	Patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/44683	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/44712	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/44756	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/44771	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/44827	[email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67589	[email protected]
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/8581790	[email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2252	[email protected]
http://www.dovecot.org/doc/NEWS-1.2	[email protected]
http://www.dovecot.org/doc/NEWS-2.0	[email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:101	[email protected]
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1187.html	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47930	[email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1143-1	[email protected]

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-20	Improper Input Validation	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
dovecot dovecot	1.2.0 1.2.1 1.2.2 1.2.3 1.2.4
CPE cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.2.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.2.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.2.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.2.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.2.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.2.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.2.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.2.7:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.2.8:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.2.9:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.2.10:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.2.11:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.2.12:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.2.13:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.2.14:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.2.15:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.2.16:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.0:beta1:::::: cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.0.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.0.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.0.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.0.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.0.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.0.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.0.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.0.7:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.0.8:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.0.9:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.0.10:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.0.11:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.0.12:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Product

Versions

dovecot dovecot

1.2.0

1.2.1

1.2.2

1.2.3

1.2.4

CPE

cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.2.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.2.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.2.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.2.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.2.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.2.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.2.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.0.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 29, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 17, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
May 25, 2011	Initial Analysis	[email protected]