CVE-2017-15132
mediumpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.031 · 88 %ileDEEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
A flaw was found in dovecot 2.0 up to 2.2.33 and 2.3.0. An abort of SASL authentication results in a memory leak in dovecot's auth client used by login processes. The leak has impact in high performance configuration where same login processes are reused and can cause the process to crash due to memory exhaustion.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5–7.5
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affected products (26)
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advisories (1)
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- WID-SEC-W-2025-0245Dovecot: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Denial of ServiceDeutsch2018-01-25csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in Dovecot ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen.
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references (21)
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- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1532768cnnvd
- https://github.com/dovecot/core/commit/1a29ed2f96da1be22fa5a4d96c7583aa81b8b060.patchcnnvd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/03/msg00036.htmlcnnvd
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3556-1/cnnvd
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3556-2/cnnvd
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4130cnnvd
- https://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2018-February/000370.htmlcnnvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1532768enisa_euvd
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