FKIE_CVE-2011-1929
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2011-05-24 23:55 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:30
Severity
Summary
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
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| dovecot | dovecot | 1.2.0 | |
| dovecot | dovecot | 1.2.1 | |
| dovecot | dovecot | 1.2.2 | |
| dovecot | dovecot | 1.2.3 | |
| dovecot | dovecot | 1.2.4 | |
| dovecot | dovecot | 1.2.5 | |
| dovecot | dovecot | 1.2.6 | |
| dovecot | dovecot | 1.2.7 | |
| dovecot | dovecot | 1.2.8 | |
| dovecot | dovecot | 1.2.9 | |
| dovecot | dovecot | 1.2.10 | |
| dovecot | dovecot | 1.2.11 | |
| dovecot | dovecot | 1.2.12 | |
| dovecot | dovecot | 1.2.13 | |
| dovecot | dovecot | 1.2.14 | |
| dovecot | dovecot | 1.2.15 | |
| dovecot | dovecot | 1.2.16 | |
| dovecot | dovecot | 2.0 | |
| dovecot | dovecot | 2.0.0 | |
| dovecot | dovecot | 2.0.1 | |
| dovecot | dovecot | 2.0.2 | |
| dovecot | dovecot | 2.0.3 | |
| dovecot | dovecot | 2.0.4 | |
| dovecot | dovecot | 2.0.5 | |
| dovecot | dovecot | 2.0.6 | |
| dovecot | dovecot | 2.0.7 | |
| dovecot | dovecot | 2.0.8 | |
| dovecot | dovecot | 2.0.9 | |
| dovecot | dovecot | 2.0.10 | |
| dovecot | dovecot | 2.0.11 | |
| dovecot | dovecot | 2.0.12 |
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