Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.113215
Category:	Denial of Service
Title:	Dovecot User Authentication Denial of Service Vulnerability
Summary:	Dovecot is prone to a Denial of Service vulnerability within the user authentication.
Description:	Summary: Dovecot is prone to a Denial of Service vulnerability within the user authentication. Vulnerability Insight: When 'dict' passdb and userdb were used for user authentication, the username sent by the IMAP/POP3 client is sent through var_expand() to perform %variable expansion. Sending specially crafed %variable fields can result in excessive memory usage causing the process to crash (and restart), or excessive CPU usage causing all authentications to hang. Vulnerability Impact: Successful exploitation would allow an attacker to temporarily deny every user to access the application. Affected Software/OS: Dovecot versions 2.2.26 through 2.2.28. Solution: Update to version 2.2.29. 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-2017-2669 BugTraq ID: 97536 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97536 Debian Security Information: DSA-3828 (Google Search) https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3828 https://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot-news/2017-April/000341.html http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/04/11/1
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