CVE-2011-1929

high

Description

lib-mail/message-header-parser.c in Dovecot 1.2.x before 1.2.17 and 2.0.x before 2.0.13 does not properly handle '\0' characters in header names, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash or mailbox corruption) via a crafted e-mail message.

References

https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/8581790

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67589

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2011-1927

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=706286

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1143-1

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47930

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1187.html

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:101

http://www.dovecot.org/doc/NEWS-2.0

http://www.dovecot.org/doc/NEWS-1.2

http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2252

http://secunia.com/advisories/44827

http://secunia.com/advisories/44771

http://secunia.com/advisories/44756

http://secunia.com/advisories/44712

http://secunia.com/advisories/44683

http://osvdb.org/72495

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/19/6

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/19/3

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/18/4

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-May/060825.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-May/060815.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/061384.html

http://hg.dovecot.org/dovecot-1.1/rev/3698dfe0f21c

http://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot/2011-May/059086.html

http://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot/2011-May/059085.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2011-05-24

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.0325