| Name | CVE-2011-1929 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-2252-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 627443 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| dovecot (PTS) | buster | 1:2.3.4.1-5+deb10u6 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 1:2.3.4.1-5+deb10u7 | fixed |
| bullseye | 1:2.3.13+dfsg1-2+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 1:2.3.19.1+dfsg1-2.1 | fixed |
| trixie | 1:2.3.21+dfsg1-2 | fixed |
| sid | 1:2.3.21+dfsg1-3 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
[lenny] - dovecot <not-affected> (Vulnerability introduced in 1.1)
<e15277de7326d4d7f8b560cd853e1a12@muenster.org> claims lenny is affected