High severity · published Mar 2, 2018
CVE-2017-14461
A specially crafted email delivered over SMTP and passed on to Dovecot by MTA can trigger an out of bounds read resulting in potential sensitive information disclosure and denial…
7.1
CVSS
16.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A specially crafted email delivered over SMTP and passed on to Dovecot by MTA can trigger an out of bounds read resulting in potential sensitive information disclosure and denial of service. In order to trigger this vulnerability, an attacker needs to send a specially crafted email message to the server.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)16.7% · higher than 97% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0; 9.0 · source: NVD
DO
Dovecot · Dovecot
2.2.33.2 · source: NVD
UB
Ubuntu · Ubuntu
14.04; 16.04; 17.10 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14461
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-14461
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103201
lists.debian.org
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/03/msg00036.html
Third Party Advisory
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0510
Patch
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3587-1/
usn.ubuntu.com
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3587-2/
Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4130
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