Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.108848
Category:	Denial of Service
Title:	Dovecot 2.0 < 2.3.11.3 DoS Vulnerability
Summary:	Dovecot is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.
Description:	Summary: Dovecot is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability. Vulnerability Insight: Receiving mail with deeply nested MIME parts leads to resource exhaustion as Dovecot attempts to parse it. Vulnerability Impact: Malicious actor can cause denial of service to mail delivery by repeatedly sending mails with bad content. Affected Software/OS: Dovecot versions 2.0 - 2.3.11.2. Solution: Update to version 2.3.10.1 or later. CVSS Score: 5.0 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2020-12100 Debian Security Information: DSA-4745 (Google Search) https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4745 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XKKAL3OMG76ZZ7CIEMQP2K6KCTD2RAKE/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4AAX2MJEULPVSRZOBX3PNPFSYP4FM4TT/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EYZU6CHA3VMYYAUCMHSCCQKJEVEIKPQ2/ http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Jan/18 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202009-02 https://dovecot.org/security https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00024.html http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/08/12/1 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/01/04/3 https://usn.ubuntu.com/4456-1/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/4456-2/
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