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CVE-2010-0745
Unspecified vulnerability in Dovecot 1.2.x before 1.2.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via long…
Medium5.0EPSS 3.1%
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- redhat
Description
Unspecified vulnerability in Dovecot 1.2.x before 1.2.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via long headers in an e-mail message.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.1% · top 12% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (10)
- http://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-0745 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2010-1107 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- [dovecot] 20100227 Possible CPU Denial-Of-Service attack to dovecot IMAP. (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2010:011 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- MDVSA-2010:104 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=572268 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2010-1226 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20100310 CVE Request -- Dovecot v1.2.11 -- DoS (excessive CPU use) by processing email with huge header (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [dovecot-news] 20100308 v1.2.11 released (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20100401 Re: CVE Request -- Dovecot v1.2.11 -- DoS (excessive CPU use) by processing email with huge header (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
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