CVE-2016-8652
Medium · 5.9CVSS
5.9
EPSS
48.2%
Published
Feb 17, 2017
CISA due date
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The record
The auth component in Dovecot before 2.2.27, when auth-policy is configured, allows a remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by aborting authentication without setting a username.
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Introduced | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:11 | dovecot | 0 | 1:2.2.27-1 |
| Debian:12 | dovecot | 0 | 1:2.2.27-1 |
| Debian:13 | dovecot | 0 | 1:2.2.27-1 |
| Debian:14 | dovecot | 0 | 1:2.2.27-1 |
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