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CVE-2016-8652 Details

Description

The auth component in Dovecot before 2.2.27, when auth-policy is configured, allows a remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by aborting authentication without setting a username.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:5.9 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot-news/2016-December/000333.html CVERelease NotesVendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/02/4 CVEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/12 CVEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94639 CVEThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot-news/2016-December/000333.html [email protected]Release NotesVendor Advisory

see all 8 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-20Improper Input Validation[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
dovecot dovecot
<= 2.2.27

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

5 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-8652
NVD Published Date:
Feb 17, 2017
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2016-8652 Details - Not Deferred