CVE-2017-15130

MEDIUM

dovecot < 2.2.34 - Denial of Service via TLS SNI Configuration Lookups

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A denial of service flaw was found in dovecot before 2.2.34. An attacker able to generate random SNI server names could exploit TLS SNI configuration lookups, leading to excessive memory usage and the process to restart.

References (7)

Core 7
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3587-1/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q1/205
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/03/msg00036.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4130
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3587-2/
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1532356
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2018-February/000370.html

Scores

CVSS v3 5.9
EPSS 0.0264
EPSS Percentile 83.7%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-400
Status published
Products (6)
canonical/ubuntu_linux 14.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 16.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 17.10
debian/debian_linux 8.0
debian/debian_linux 9.0
dovecot/dovecot < 2.2.34
Published Mar 02, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026