CVE-2016-8652

MediumCVSS 5.9/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 5.9/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-20

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot-news/2016-December/000333.htmlRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/02/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/12Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94639Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot-news/2016-December/000333.htmlRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/02/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/12Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94639Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

Timeline

Published: Feb 17, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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