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This vulnerability has been modified since it was last analyzed by the NVD. It is awaiting reanalysis which may result in further changes to the information provided.
Current Description
A flaw was found in dovecot 2.0 up to 2.2.33 and 2.3.0. An abort of SASL authentication results in a memory leak in dovecot's auth client used by login processes. The leak has impact in high performance configuration where same login processes are reused and can cause the process to crash due to memory exhaustion.
A flaw was found in dovecot 2.0 up to 2.2.33 and 2.3.0. An abort of SASL authentication results in a memory leak in dovecot's auth client used by login processes. The leak has impact in high performance configuration where same login processes are reused and can cause the process to crash due to memory exhaustion.
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CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc.10/09/2019 7:24:15 PM
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CWE
Red Hat, Inc. CWE-400
CWE Remap10/02/2019 8:03:26 PM
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CWE
CWE-287
CWE-399
CWE-772
CWE-772
Modified Analysis4/29/2019 5:16:42 PM
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CPE Configuration
OR
*cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
*cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
*cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
*cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Added
CPE Configuration
OR
*cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
*cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
*cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Changed
Reference Type
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/03/msg00036.html No Types Assigned
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/03/msg00036.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Changed
Reference Type
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3556-1/ No Types Assigned
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3556-1/ Third Party Advisory
Changed
Reference Type
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3556-2/ No Types Assigned
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3556-2/ Third Party Advisory
Changed
Reference Type
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4130 No Types Assigned
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4130 Third Party Advisory
Changed
Reference Type
https://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2018-February/000370.html No Types Assigned
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