CVE-2017-15130
mediumpriority · track · 25EPSS 0.026 · 85 %ileDEEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
A denial of service flaw was found in dovecot before 2.2.34. An attacker able to generate random SNI server names could exploit TLS SNI configuration lookups, leading to excessive memory usage and the process to restart.
cvss
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
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affected products (22)
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advisories (1)
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- WID-SEC-W-2025-0244Dovecot: Mehrere Schwachstellen ermöglichen Denial of ServiceDeutsch2018-03-05csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, authentisierter Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Dovecot ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen.
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references (21)
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- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q1/205cnnvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1532356cnnvd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/03/msg00036.htmlcnnvd
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3587-1/cnnvd
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3587-2/cnnvd
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4130cnnvd
- https://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2018-February/000370.htmlcnnvd
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q1/205enisa_euvd
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