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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 6.20% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 93.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2008-11-04 00:00Z17 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 10:31Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-11-03
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- e287087415739e19877af3f82245035113a9e1771e375b94fb3b8de7ac1da84c
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.dovecot.org[Dovecot-news] 20081030 v1.1.6 releasedhttp://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2008-October/000089.html
- secunia.com33149http://secunia.com/advisories/33149
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comdovecot-mail-header-dos(46227)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46227
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-666-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-666-1
- www.securityfocus.com31997http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31997
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200812-16http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-16.xml
- secunia.com32677http://secunia.com/advisories/32677
- secunia.com32479http://secunia.com/advisories/32479
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- dovecot Fixed in 1:1.1.7-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- dovecot Fixed in 1:1.1.7-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- dovecot Fixed in 1:1.1.7-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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