CVE-2011-1929

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Summary

CVECVE-2011-1929
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2011-05-24 23:55:04 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
Descriptionlib-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.

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-20 | 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 1.2.11 All All All
Application Dovecot Dovecot 1.2.12 All All All
Application Dovecot Dovecot 1.2.13 All All All
Application Dovecot Dovecot 1.2.14 All All All
Application Dovecot Dovecot 1.2.15 All All All
Application Dovecot Dovecot 1.2.16 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
Application Dovecot Dovecot 2.0 beta1 All All
Application Dovecot Dovecot 2.0.0 All All All
Application Dovecot Dovecot 2.0.1 All All All
Application Dovecot Dovecot 2.0.10 All All All
Application Dovecot Dovecot 2.0.11 All All All
Application Dovecot Dovecot 2.0.12 All All All
Application Dovecot Dovecot 2.0.2 All All All
Application Dovecot Dovecot 2.0.3 All All All
Application Dovecot Dovecot 2.0.4 All All All
Application Dovecot Dovecot 2.0.5 All All All
Application Dovecot Dovecot 2.0.6 All All All
Application Dovecot Dovecot 2.0.7 All All All
Application Dovecot Dovecot 2.0.8 All All All
Application Dovecot Dovecot 2.0.9 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - Dovecot releases af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com Patch
[SECURITY] Fedora 13 Update: dovecot-1.2.17-1.fc13 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
www.dovecot.org/doc/NEWS-1.2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.dovecot.org
Security Advisory SA44827 - Debian update for dovecot - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
oss-security - Re: Dovecot releases af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com Patch
USN-1143-1: Dovecot vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
706286 – (CVE-2011-1929) CVE-2011-1929 dovecot: potential crash when parsing header names that contain NUL characters af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Patch
[Dovecot] v2.0.13 released af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 dovecot.org Patch
Dovecot Mail Header Parsing Denial of Service Vulnerability - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Ubuntu update for dovecot - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 15 Update: dovecot-2.0.13-1.fc15 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
www.dovecot.org/doc/NEWS-2.0 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.dovecot.org
[Dovecot] v1.2.17 released af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 dovecot.org Patch
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2011:101 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
osvdb.org/72495 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 14 Update: dovecot-2.0.13-1.fc14 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
hermes.opensuse.org/messages/8581790 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 hermes.opensuse.org
dovecot-1.1: changeset 8371:3698dfe0f21c af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 hg.dovecot.org Patch
SUSE update for dovecot - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Fedora update for dovecot - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2252-1 dovecot af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
oss-security - Re: Dovecot releases af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com Patch
Dovecot Header Name NULL Character Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
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