CVE-2017-15132
A flaw was found in dovecot 2.0 up to 2.2.33 and 2.3.0. An abort of SASL authentication results in a memory leak in dovecot's auth client used by login processes. The leak has impact in high
02 Description
A flaw was found in dovecot 2.0 up to 2.2.33 and 2.3.0. An abort of SASL authentication results in a memory leak in dovecot's auth client used by login processes. The leak has impact in high
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
- 3.12% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 87.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/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
- 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
- 2018-01-25 20:00Z8 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-09-17 00:36Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2017-10-08
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- 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
- 759eaaa259162ea03bb5a3d353bdc75d69db4f0ca5537a05a5be48b4b6c5900b
05 Affected products
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/dovecot/core/commit/1a29ed2f96da1be22fa5a4d96c7583aa81b8b060.patch
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20180331 [SECURITY] [DLA 1333-1] dovecot security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/03/msg00036.html
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1532768
- www.debian.orgDSA-4130https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4130
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-3556-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/3556-1/
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-3556-2https://usn.ubuntu.com/3556-2/
- www.dovecot.org[dovecot-news] 20180228 v2.2.34 releasedhttps://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2018-February/000370.html
07 Fixed in
Arch Linux
- dovecot Fixed in 2.3.0.1-1
Source: Arch Linux Security Tracker, the Arch Linux security team. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 12
- dovecot Fixed in 1:2.2.34-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- dovecot Fixed in 1:2.2.34-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- dovecot Fixed in 1:2.2.34-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- dovecot Fixed in 1:2.2.9-1ubuntu2.3
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- dovecot Fixed in 1:2.2.22-1ubuntu2.6
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.