Explain CVE-2011-1929
lib-mail/message-header-parser.c in Dovecot 1.2.x before 1.2.17 and 2.0.x before 2.0.13 does not properly handle '\0' characters in header names, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash or mailbox corruption) via a crafted e-mail message.
Affected Products: n/a
References: [{'name': 'FEDORA-2011-7612', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_FEDORA'], 'url': 'http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/061384.html'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://hg.dovecot.org/dovecot-1.1/rev/3698dfe0f21c'}, {'name': '44771', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/44771'}, {'name': '[dovecot] 20110511 v1.2.17 released', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_MLIST'], 'url': 'http://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot/2011-May/059086.html'}, {'name': 'DSA-2252', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_DEBIAN'], 'url': 'http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2252'}, {'name': 'MDVSA-2011:101', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_MANDRIVA'], 'url': 'http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:101'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://www.dovecot.org/doc/NEWS-2.0'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=706286'}, {'name': '[dovecot] 20110511 v2.0.13 released', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_MLIST'], 'url': 'http://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot/2011-May/059085.html'}, {'name': 'RHSA-2011:1187', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_REDHAT'], 'url': 'http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1187.html'}, {'name': 'FEDORA-2011-7268', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_FEDORA'], 'url': 'http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-May/060825.html'}, {'name': '72495', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_OSVDB'], 'url': 'http://osvdb.org/72495'}, {'name': 'dovecot-header-name-dos(67589)', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_XF'], 'url': 'https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67589'}, {'name': 'openSUSE-SU-2011:0540', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_SUSE'], 'url': 'https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/8581790'}, {'name': '47930', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_BID'], 'url': 'http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47930'}, {'name': '[oss-security] 20110519 Re: Dovecot releases', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_MLIST'], 'url': 'http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/19/6'}, {'name': '44756', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/44756'}, {'name': '44827', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/44827'}, {'name': 'FEDORA-2011-7258', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_FEDORA'], 'url': 'http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-May/060815.html'}, {'name': '44683', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/44683'}, {'name': '44712', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/44712'}, {'name': 'USN-1143-1', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_UBUNTU'], 'url': 'http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1143-1'}, {'name': '[oss-security] 20110519 Re: Dovecot releases', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_MLIST'], 'url': 'http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/19/3'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://www.dovecot.org/doc/NEWS-1.2'}, {'name': '[oss-security] 20110518 Dovecot releases', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_MLIST'], 'url': 'http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/18/4'}]
CVE State: PUBLISHED