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List:       oss-security
Subject:    Re: [oss-security] CVE request: dovecot denial of service
From:       Marc Deslauriers <marc.deslauriers () canonical ! com>
Date:       2014-05-20 19:48:23
Message-ID: 537BB187.1040606 () canonical ! com
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On 14-05-20 03:32 PM, Yves-Alexis Perez wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> we were made aware of a recently fixed DoS vulnerability in Dovecot,
> which doesn't seem to have a CVE id assigned:
> 
> http://dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2014-May/000273.html
> 
> states:
> 
> * Fixed a DoS attack against imap/pop3-login processes. If SSL/TLS
>   handshake was started but wasn't finished, the login process
>   attempted to eventually forcibly disconnect the client, but failed
>   to do it correctly. This could have left the connections hanging
>   arond for a long time. (Affected Dovecot v1.1+)
> 
> Could a CVE be assigned for this vulnerability?
> 

Isn't that CVE-2014-3430?

Marc.


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