VDB
GHSA-pq8h-22gg-vpmw
GHSA-pq8h-22gg-vpmw
PUBLISHED
CVSS 7.5 HIGH
Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 24, 2022
In Dovecot before 2.3.11.3, uncontrolled recursion in submission, lmtp, and lda allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via a crafted e-mail message with deeply nested MIME parts.
Risk scores
CVSS 3.1
7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Timeline
- May 24, 2022 CVE Published
- Apr 30, 2026 Security Advisory
- Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch
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The same record, from the CLI:
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References
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4AAX2MJEULPVSRZOBX3PNPFSYP4FM4TT url
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4745 url
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/01/04/3 url
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4456-2 url
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Jan/18 url
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-12100 advisory
- https://dovecot.org/security url
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00024.html url
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EYZU6CHA3VMYYAUCMHSCCQKJEVEIKPQ2 url
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XKKAL3OMG76ZZ7CIEMQP2K6KCTD2RAKE url
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202009-02 url
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4456-1 url
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/08/12/1 url