CVE-2014-3430

Summary

CVECVE-2014-3430
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-05-14 19:55:13 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionDovecot 1.1 before 2.2.13 and dovecot-ee before 2.1.7.7 and 2.2.x before 2.2.12.12 does not properly close old connections, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via an incomplete SSL/TLS handshake for an IMAP/POP3 connection.

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-287 | 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 1.1 All All All
Application Dovecot Dovecot 1.1 rc2 All All
Application Dovecot Dovecot 1.1.0 All All All
Application Dovecot Dovecot 1.1.1 All All All
Application Dovecot Dovecot 1.1.2 All All All
Application Dovecot Dovecot 1.1.3 All All All
Application Dovecot Dovecot 1.1.4 All All All
Application Dovecot Dovecot 1.1.5 All All All
Application Dovecot Dovecot 1.1.6 All All All
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 1.2.2 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 2.0.13 All All All
Application Dovecot Dovecot 2.0.14 All All All
Application Dovecot Dovecot 2.0.15 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
Application Dovecot Dovecot 2.1 rc1 All All
Application Dovecot Dovecot 2.1 rc2 All All
Application Dovecot Dovecot 2.1 rc3 All All
Application Dovecot Dovecot 2.1 rc5 All All
Application Dovecot Dovecot 2.1 rc6 All All
Application Dovecot Dovecot 2.1 rc7 All All
Application Dovecot Dovecot 2.1.0 All All All
Application Dovecot Dovecot 2.1.1 All All All
Application Dovecot Dovecot 2.1.10 All All All
Application Dovecot Dovecot 2.1.11 All All All
Application Dovecot Dovecot 2.1.12 All All All
Application Dovecot Dovecot 2.1.13 All All All
Application Dovecot Dovecot 2.1.14 All All All
Application Dovecot Dovecot 2.1.15 All All All
Application Dovecot Dovecot 2.1.2 All All All
Application Dovecot Dovecot 2.1.3 All All All
Application Dovecot Dovecot 2.1.4 All All All
Application Dovecot Dovecot 2.1.5 All All All
Application Dovecot Dovecot 2.1.6 All All All
Application Dovecot Dovecot 2.1.7 All All All
Application Dovecot Dovecot 2.1.8 All All All
Application Dovecot Dovecot 2.2 rc1 All All
Application Dovecot Dovecot 2.2 rc2 All All
Application Dovecot Dovecot 2.2 rc3 All All
Application Dovecot Dovecot 2.2 rc4 All All
Application Dovecot Dovecot 2.2 rc5 All All
Application Dovecot Dovecot 2.2 rc6 All All
Application Dovecot Dovecot 2.2 rc7 All All
Application Dovecot Dovecot 2.2.0 All All All
Application Dovecot Dovecot 2.2.1 All All All
Application Dovecot Dovecot 2.2.10 All All All
Application Dovecot Dovecot 2.2.13 rc1 All All
Application Dovecot Dovecot 2.2.2 All All All
Application Dovecot Dovecot 2.2.3 All All All
Application Dovecot Dovecot 2.2.4 All All All
Application Dovecot Dovecot 2.2.5 All All All
Application Dovecot Dovecot 2.2.6 All All All
Application Dovecot Dovecot 2.2.7 All All All
Application Dovecot Dovecot 2.2.8 All All All
Application Dovecot Dovecot 2.2.9 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Denial of Service attacks against Dovecot v1.1+ af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 permalink.gmane.org Patch
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2015:113 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Dovecot Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
oss-security - Re: CVE request: Denial of Service attacks against Dovecot v1.1+ af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Security Advisory SA59537 - Oracle Linux update for dovecot - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
[Dovecot-news] v2.2.13 released af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 dovecot.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
Security Advisory SA59051 - Debian update for dovecot - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Mageia Advisory: MGASA-2014-0223 - Updated dovecot packages fix security vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 advisories.mageia.org
Security Advisory SA59552 - Red Hat update for dovecot - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2954-1 dovecot af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
USN-2213-1: Dovecot vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
oss-security - CVE request: Denial of Service attacks against Dovecot v1.1+ af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Patch
linux.oracle.com | ELSA-2014-0790 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 linux.oracle.com
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