vuln-ubuntu/data/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-14461.json

{
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2017-14461",
  "details": "A specially crafted email delivered over SMTP and passed on to Dovecot by MTA can trigger an out of bounds read resulting in potential sensitive information disclosure and denial of service. In order to trigger this vulnerability, an attacker needs to send a specially crafted email message to the server.",
  "aliases": [],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2017-14461"
  ],
  "related": [
    "USN-3587-1",
    "USN-3587-2"
  ],
  "severity": [
    {
      "type": "CVSS_V3",
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H"
    },
    {
      "type": "CVSS_V3",
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H"
    },
    {
      "type": "Ubuntu",
      "score": "medium"
    }
  ],
  "published": "2018-02-28T00:00:00Z",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:38:21Z",
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS",
        "name": "dovecot",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/dovecot@1:2.2.9-1ubuntu2.4?arch=source&distro=trusty"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "1:2.2.9-1ubuntu2.4"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "1:2.1.7-7ubuntu3",
        "1:2.2.9-1ubuntu1",
        "1:2.2.9-1ubuntu2",
        "1:2.2.9-1ubuntu2.1",
        "1:2.2.9-1ubuntu2.3"
      ],
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "dovecot-core",
            "binary_version": "1:2.2.9-1ubuntu2.4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "dovecot-gssapi",
            "binary_version": "1:2.2.9-1ubuntu2.4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "dovecot-imapd",
            "binary_version": "1:2.2.9-1ubuntu2.4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "dovecot-ldap",
            "binary_version": "1:2.2.9-1ubuntu2.4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "dovecot-lmtpd",
            "binary_version": "1:2.2.9-1ubuntu2.4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "dovecot-managesieved",
            "binary_version": "1:2.2.9-1ubuntu2.4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "dovecot-mysql",
            "binary_version": "1:2.2.9-1ubuntu2.4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "dovecot-pgsql",
            "binary_version": "1:2.2.9-1ubuntu2.4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "dovecot-pop3d",
            "binary_version": "1:2.2.9-1ubuntu2.4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "dovecot-sieve",
            "binary_version": "1:2.2.9-1ubuntu2.4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "dovecot-solr",
            "binary_version": "1:2.2.9-1ubuntu2.4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "dovecot-sqlite",
            "binary_version": "1:2.2.9-1ubuntu2.4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "mail-stack-delivery",
            "binary_version": "1:2.2.9-1ubuntu2.4"
          }
        ],
        "availability": "No subscription required"
      }
    },
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS",
        "name": "dovecot",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/dovecot@1:2.2.22-1ubuntu2.7?arch=source&distro=xenial"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "1:2.2.22-1ubuntu2.7"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "1:2.2.18-2ubuntu2",
        "1:2.2.22-1ubuntu1",
        "1:2.2.22-1ubuntu2",
        "1:2.2.22-1ubuntu2.1",
        "1:2.2.22-1ubuntu2.2",
        "1:2.2.22-1ubuntu2.3",
        "1:2.2.22-1ubuntu2.4",
        "1:2.2.22-1ubuntu2.6"
      ],
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
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            "binary_name": "dovecot-core",
            "binary_version": "1:2.2.22-1ubuntu2.7"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "dovecot-gssapi",
            "binary_version": "1:2.2.22-1ubuntu2.7"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "dovecot-imapd",
            "binary_version": "1:2.2.22-1ubuntu2.7"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "dovecot-ldap",
            "binary_version": "1:2.2.22-1ubuntu2.7"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "dovecot-lmtpd",
            "binary_version": "1:2.2.22-1ubuntu2.7"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "dovecot-lucene",
            "binary_version": "1:2.2.22-1ubuntu2.7"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "dovecot-managesieved",
            "binary_version": "1:2.2.22-1ubuntu2.7"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "dovecot-mysql",
            "binary_version": "1:2.2.22-1ubuntu2.7"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "dovecot-pgsql",
            "binary_version": "1:2.2.22-1ubuntu2.7"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "dovecot-pop3d",
            "binary_version": "1:2.2.22-1ubuntu2.7"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "dovecot-sieve",
            "binary_version": "1:2.2.22-1ubuntu2.7"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "dovecot-solr",
            "binary_version": "1:2.2.22-1ubuntu2.7"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "dovecot-sqlite",
            "binary_version": "1:2.2.22-1ubuntu2.7"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "mail-stack-delivery",
            "binary_version": "1:2.2.22-1ubuntu2.7"
          }
        ],
        "availability": "No subscription required"
      }
    }
  ],
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-14461"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/03/01/2"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2018-February/000370.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3587-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3587-2"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-14461"
    }
  ]
}