CVE - CVE-2008-4907

CVE-ID
CVE-2008-4907	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
The message parsing feature in Dovecot 1.1.4 and 1.1.5, when using the FETCH ENVELOPE command in the IMAP client, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (persistent crash) via an email with a malformed From address, which triggers an assertion error, aka "invalid message address parsing bug."
References
Note: References are provided for the convenience of the reader to help distinguish between vulnerabilities. The list is not intended to be complete.
BID:31997 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31997 GENTOO:GLSA-200812-16 URL:http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-16.xml MLIST:[Dovecot-news] 20081030 v1.1.6 released URL:http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2008-October/000089.html SECUNIA:32479 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/32479 SECUNIA:32677 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/32677 SECUNIA:33149 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/33149 UBUNTU:USN-666-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-666-1 XF:dovecot-mail-header-dos(46227) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46227
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20081103	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20081103)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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