| Name | CVE-2008-4907 |
| Description | The message parsing feature in Dovecot 1.1.4 and 1.1.5, when using the FETCH ENVELOPE command in the IMAP client, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (persistent crash) via an email with a malformed From address, which triggers an assertion error, aka "invalid message address parsing bug." |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| dovecot (PTS) | bullseye | 1:2.3.13+dfsg1-2+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 1:2.3.13+dfsg1-2+deb11u2 | fixed | |
| bookworm, bookworm (security) | 1:2.3.19.1+dfsg1-2.1+deb12u1 | fixed | |
| trixie | 1:2.3.21.1+dfsg1-1 | fixed | |
| sid | 1:2.4.1+dfsg1-3 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| dovecot | source | etch | (not affected) | |||
| dovecot | source | lenny | (not affected) | |||
| dovecot | source | (unstable) | 1:1.1.7-1 | low |
[etch] - dovecot <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present prior to 1.1.4)
[lenny] - dovecot <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present prior to 1.1.4)