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CVE-2017-14461 Detail

Current Description

A specially crafted email delivered over SMTP and passed on to Dovecot by MTA can trigger an out of bounds read resulting in potential sensitive information disclosure and denial of service. In order to trigger this vulnerability, an attacker needs to send a specially crafted email message to the server.

Source:  MITRE
Description Last Modified:  03/02/2018
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Impact

CVSS v3.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.1 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H (V3 legend)
Impact Score: 4.2
Exploitability Score: 2.8

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): Low
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): High

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.5 MEDIUM
Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:P) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 4.9
Exploitability Subscore: 8.0

Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (AU): Single
Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Partial
Additional Information:
Allows unauthorized disclosure of information
Allows disruption of service

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Hyperlink Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103201 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/03/msg00036.html
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0510 Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3587-1/ Patch Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3587-2/
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4130 Third Party Advisory
https://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2018-February/000370.html Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory

Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)

  • Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125)
  • Information Leak / Disclosure (CWE-200)

Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2017-14461
NVD Published Date:
03/02/2018
NVD Last Modified:
04/03/2018