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.
Published: 2014-05-14
Score: 5.0 Medium
EPSS: 8.3% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2954-1 dovecot security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2014-3442 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2213-1 Dovecot vulnerability
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Dovecot Dovecot
Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T10:43:06.101Z

Reserved: 2014-05-07T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2014-3430

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Status : Modified

Published: 2014-05-14T19:55:13.077

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2014-3430

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2014-05-09T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2014-3430 - Bugzilla

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