DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4907

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-4907
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4907.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4907
Upstream
Published
2008-11-04T00:58:40Z
Modified
2025-09-25T00:07:40.844952Z
Summary
[none]
Details

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."

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / dovecot

Package

Name
dovecot
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/dovecot?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:1.1.7-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:12 / dovecot

Package

Name
dovecot
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/dovecot?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:1.1.7-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:13 / dovecot

Package

Name
dovecot
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/dovecot?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:1.1.7-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:14 / dovecot

Package

Name
dovecot
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/dovecot?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:1.1.7-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}