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CVE-2014-3430
Dovecot 1.1 before 2.2.13 and dovecot-ee before 2.1.7.7 and 2.2.x before 2.2.12.12 does not properly close old connections, which allows…
Medium5.0EPSS 3.3%
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- mitre
Description
Dovecot 1.1 before 2.2.13 and dovecot-ee before 2.1.7.7 and 2.2.x before 2.2.12.12 does not properly close old connections, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via an incomplete SSL/TLS handshake for an IMAP/POP3 connection.
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)
- 3.3% · top 11% of all CVEs (4 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
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- affected n/a
References (14)
- [oss-security] 20140509 CVE request: Denial of Service attacks against Dovecot v1.1+ (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 59051 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20140509 Re: CVE request: Denial of Service attacks against Dovecot v1.1+ (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 59537 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0223.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [dovecot] 20140508 Denial of Service attacks against Dovecot v1.1+ (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- DSA-2954 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 59552 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- USN-2213-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 67306 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- MDVSA-2015:113 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- RHSA-2014:0790 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-0790.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [Dovecot-news] 20140511 v2.2.13 released (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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