Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2008-4907 First vendor Publication 2008-11-03
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2017-08-08

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 4.3 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 8.6 Authentication None Required
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Detail

The message parsing feature in Dovecot 1.1.4 and 1.1.5, when using the FETCH ENVELOPE command in the IMAP client, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (persistent crash) via an email with a malformed From address, which triggers an assertion error, aka "invalid message address parsing bug."

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4907

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17714
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17714
Title: USN-666-1 -- dovecot vulnerability
Description: It was discovered that certain email headers were not correctly handled by Dovecot.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): USN-666-1
CVE-2008-4907
Version: 5
Platform(s): Ubuntu 8.10
Product(s): dovecot
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 2

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2009-03-23 Name : Ubuntu Update for dovecot vulnerability USN-666-1
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_666_1.nasl
2008-12-23 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200812-16 (dovecot)
File : nvt/glsa_200812_16.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
49429 Dovecot Message Parsing Feature Crafted Email Header Handling Remote DoS

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2009-04-23 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-666-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-12-15 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-200812-16.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

Source Url
BID http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31997
GENTOO http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-16.xml
MLIST http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2008-October/000089.html
SECUNIA http://secunia.com/advisories/32479
http://secunia.com/advisories/32677
http://secunia.com/advisories/33149
UBUNTU http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-666-1
XF https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46227

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