Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Dovecot up to 2.3.14. This affects an unknown part of the component Sieve Engine. The manipulation leads to resource consumption. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2020-28200. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Dovecot up to 2.3.14 (Mail Server Software). Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Sieve Engine. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource consumption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-400. The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources. Impacted is availability.

The weakness was disclosed 06/28/2021. The advisory is available at openwall.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2020-28200. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1499 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 2.3.15 eliminates this vulnerability.

If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Type

• Mail Server Software

Name

• Dovecot

Version

• 2.3.0
• 2.3.1
• 2.3.2
• 2.3.3
• 2.3.4
• 2.3.5
• 2.3.6
• 2.3.7
• 2.3.8
• 2.3.9
• 2.3.10
• 2.3.11
• 2.3.12
• 2.3.13
• 2.3.14

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• open-source

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