Open-Xchange OX Dovecot Pro up to 2.3.21 DATA Command data authenticity

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Open-Xchange OX Dovecot Pro up to 2.3.21 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component DATA Command Handler. This manipulation causes data authenticity. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2024-25584. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. The affected component should be upgraded.

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A vulnerability has been found in Open-Xchange OX Dovecot Pro up to 2.3.21 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the component DATA Command Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a data authenticity vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-345. The product does not sufficiently verify the origin or authenticity of data, in a way that causes it to accept invalid data. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Dovecot accepts dot LF DOT LF symbol as end of DATA command. RFC requires that it should always be CR LF DOT CR LF. This causes Dovecot to convert single mail with LF DOT LF in middle, into two emails when relaying to SMTP. Dovecot will split mail with LF DOT LF into two mails. Upgrade to latest released version. No publicly available exploits are known.

It is possible to read the advisory at documentation.open-xchange.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-25584 since 02/08/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

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Productinfo

Type

• Mail Server Software

Vendor

• Open-Xchange

Name

• OX Dovecot Pro

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
• 2.3.15
• 2.3.16
• 2.3.17
• 2.3.18
• 2.3.19
• 2.3.20
• 2.3.21

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.open-xchange.com/

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