CVE-2008-4907

Medium

Description

The message parsing feature in Dovecot 1.1.4 and 1.1.5, when using the FETCH ENVELOPE command in the IMAP client, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (persistent crash) via an email with a malformed From address, which triggers an assertion error, aka "invalid message address parsing bug."

SeverityMedium
CVSS4.3
Exploit probability—
ProductDovecot
PublishedNov 4, 2008
First seenNov 4, 2008

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
dovecot dovecot1.1.4, 1.1.5—

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