CVE-2015-3420
The ssl-proxy-openssl.c function in Dovecot before 2.2.17, when SSLv3 is disabled, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (login process crash) via vectors related to handshake failures.
02 Description
The ssl-proxy-openssl.c function in Dovecot before 2.2.17, when SSLv3 is disabled, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (login process crash) via vectors related to handshake failures.
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
- 2.84% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 86.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 5.9 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. 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
- 2017-09-19 15:00Z9 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 05:47Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2015-04-27
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 1d3ea09e8a8732d1dd7a828d9879bce11f0d29f8c93aaaf149b0246a3f3c5d44
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20150428 Re: Re: CVE request: Dovecot remote DoS on TLS connectionshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/28/4
- dovecot.org[dovecot] 20150424 [patch] TLS Handshake failures can crash imap-loginhttps://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot/2015-April/100618.html
- dovecot.org[dovecot-news] 20150513 [Dovecot-news] v2.2.17 releasedhttps://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot-news/2015-May/000292.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2015-7159http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/158261.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2015-7156http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/157030.html
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1216057
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2015-7089http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/158236.html
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20150427 Re: CVE request: Dovecot remote DoS on TLS connectionshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/27/1
- www.securityfocus.com74335http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74335
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- dovecot Fixed in 1:2.2.13-12
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- dovecot Fixed in 1:2.2.13-12
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- dovecot Fixed in 1:2.2.13-12
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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