CVE-2014-3430

Dovecot - Authentication Bypass

Title source: rule

Description

Dovecot 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.

References (14)

[Various Sources] http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-0790.html

[Third Party Advisory] http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0223.html

[Patch, Vendor Advisory] http://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot-news/2014-May/000273.html

[Patch] http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.mail.imap.dovecot/77499

[Vendor Advisory] http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0790.html

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/59051

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/59537

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/59552

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:113

[Patch] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/09/4

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2213-1

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67306

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2954

[Mailing List] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/09/8

Scores

EPSS 0.0835

EPSS Percentile 92.2%

Classification

CWE

CWE-287

Status draft

Affected Products (50)

dovecot/dovecot

dovecot/dovecot

dovecot/dovecot

dovecot/dovecot

dovecot/dovecot

dovecot/dovecot

dovecot/dovecot

dovecot/dovecot

dovecot/dovecot

dovecot/dovecot

dovecot/dovecot

dovecot/dovecot

dovecot/dovecot

dovecot/dovecot

dovecot/dovecot

... and 35 more

Timeline

Published May 14, 2014

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026