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CVE-2020-25275

Published: Jan 4, 2021Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-20
NVD MITRE
7.5CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
4.7%
Top 9.4%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
1 Known
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

Dovecot before 2.3.13 has Improper Input Validation in lda, lmtp, and imap, leading to an application crash via a crafted email message with certain choices for ten thousand MIME parts.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:NI:NA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-20

Affected Products

n/an/a
UbuntuCanonical Ltd.
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Debian GNU/LinuxСообщество свободного программного обеспечения
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Red Hat Enterprise LinuxRed Hat Inc.
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Astra Linux Special Edition для «Эльбрус»ООО «РусБИТех-Астра»
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
canonical ltd.commercialGBOperating Systemsaka canonical
сообщество свободного программного обеспеченияoss-projectOperating Systemsaka сообщество свободного программного обеспечения, fsf
red hat inc.commercialUSOperating Systemsaka red hat
ооо «русбитех-астра»commercialRUOperating Systemsaka rusbitech-astra
and 8 more affected products View all →

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Exploitability

1 exploit source identified

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Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
Initial Access
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References

https://dovecot.org/security
dovecot.org
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/01/04/3
openwall.com
https://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot-news/2021-January/000451.html
dovecot.org
and 16 more references View all →

Timeline

Published
Jan 4, 2021
Last Updated
Nov 21, 2024

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