Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.114166
Category:	Denial of Service
Title:	Dovecot < 2.2.27.1rc1 DoS Vulnerability
Summary:	Dovecot is prone to a Denial of Service vulnerability.
Description:	Summary: Dovecot is prone to a Denial of Service vulnerability. Vulnerability Insight: The Dovecot auth component can be crashed by a remote user when auth-policy is activated. That remote user can then use SASL authentication to crash the auth component. Affected Software/OS: Dovecot between 2.2.25.1 and 2.2.26.1. Solution: Update to version 2.2.27.1rc1 or later. CVSS Score: 4.3 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-8652 BugTraq ID: 94639 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94639 http://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot-news/2016-December/000333.html http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/02/4 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/12
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