UBUNTU-CVE-2017-2669

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-2669
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-2669.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-2669
Upstream
Downstream
Related
Withdrawn
2025-07-18T16:43:48Z
Published
2017-04-10T00:00:00Z
Modified
2026-02-04T02:23:48.730738Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • 3.7 (Low) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

Dovecot before version 2.2.29 is vulnerable to a denial of service. When 'dict' passdb and userdb were used for user authentication, the username sent by the IMAP/POP3 client was sent through var_expand() to perform %variable expansion. Sending specially crafted %variable fields could result in excessive memory usage causing the process to crash (and restart), or excessive CPU usage causing all authentications to hang.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / dovecot

Package

Name
dovecot
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/dovecot@1:2.2.9-1ubuntu2.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:2.2.9-1ubuntu2.1

Affected versions

1:2.*
1:2.1.7-7ubuntu3
1:2.2.9-1ubuntu1
1:2.2.9-1ubuntu2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "dovecot-core",
            "binary_version": "1:2.2.9-1ubuntu2.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "dovecot-dbg",
            "binary_version": "1:2.2.9-1ubuntu2.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "dovecot-dev",
            "binary_version": "1:2.2.9-1ubuntu2.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "dovecot-gssapi",
            "binary_version": "1:2.2.9-1ubuntu2.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "dovecot-imapd",
            "binary_version": "1:2.2.9-1ubuntu2.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "dovecot-ldap",
            "binary_version": "1:2.2.9-1ubuntu2.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "dovecot-lmtpd",
            "binary_version": "1:2.2.9-1ubuntu2.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "dovecot-managesieved",
            "binary_version": "1:2.2.9-1ubuntu2.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "dovecot-mysql",
            "binary_version": "1:2.2.9-1ubuntu2.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "dovecot-pgsql",
            "binary_version": "1:2.2.9-1ubuntu2.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "dovecot-pop3d",
            "binary_version": "1:2.2.9-1ubuntu2.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "dovecot-sieve",
            "binary_version": "1:2.2.9-1ubuntu2.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "dovecot-solr",
            "binary_version": "1:2.2.9-1ubuntu2.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "dovecot-sqlite",
            "binary_version": "1:2.2.9-1ubuntu2.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "mail-stack-delivery",
            "binary_version": "1:2.2.9-1ubuntu2.1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-2669.json"