Dovecot IMAP server DoS
Published:		10.11.2008
Source:		BUGTRAQ
SecurityVulns ID:		9418
Type:		remote
Level:		6/10
Description:		Assertion on message headers parsing.

Affected:		DOVECOT : Dovecot 1.1
CVE:		CVE-2008-4907 (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.")

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UBUNTU, [USN-666-1] Dovecot vulnerability (10.11.2008)

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