CVE-2013-2111

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2013-05-20
Bugzilla:
966029: CVE-2013-2111 dovecot: DoS (daemon hang) when parsing invalid IMAP APPEND command parameters

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

The IMAP functionality in Dovecot before 2.2.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via invalid APPEND parameters.

Find out more about CVE-2013-2111 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

Not Vulnerable. This issue does not affect the version of dovecot as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 4
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication Single
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial

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Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 dovecot Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 dovecot Not affected

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