CVE-2010-0745

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Summary

CVECVE-2010-0745
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2010-05-20 17:30:01 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionUnspecified vulnerability in Dovecot 1.2.x before 1.2.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via long headers in an e-mail message.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-399 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Dovecot Dovecot 1.2.0 All All All
Application Dovecot Dovecot 1.2.1 All All All
Application Dovecot Dovecot 1.2.10 All All All
Application Dovecot Dovecot 1.2.2 All All All
Application Dovecot Dovecot 1.2.3 All All All
Application Dovecot Dovecot 1.2.4 All All All
Application Dovecot Dovecot 1.2.5 All All All
Application Dovecot Dovecot 1.2.6 All All All
Application Dovecot Dovecot 1.2.7 All All All
Application Dovecot Dovecot 1.2.8 All All All
Application Dovecot Dovecot 1.2.9 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[Dovecot] Possible CPU Denial-Of-Service attack to dovecot IMAP. af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 dovecot.org
CVE-2010-0745 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security-tracker.debian.org
[Dovecot-news] v1.2.11 released af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 dovecot.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2010:104 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
'Re: [oss-security] CVE Request -- Dovecot v1.2.11 -- DoS (excessive' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2010:011 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
oss-security - CVE Request -- Dovecot v1.2.11 -- DoS (excessive CPU use) by processing email with huge header af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
572268 – (CVE-2010-0745) CVE-2010-0745 Dovecot: DoS (excessive CPU use) by processing email message with huge header af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
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