Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 4, 2008· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2008-4907
CVE-2008-4907
Description
The message parsing feature in Dovecot 1.1.4 and 1.1.5, when using the FETCH ENVELOPE command in the IMAP client, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (persistent crash) via an email with a malformed From address, which triggers an assertion error, aka "invalid message address parsing bug."
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Affected products
3cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: 1.1.4, 1.1.5
Patches
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References
8- secunia.com/advisories/32479nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/31997nvdPatch
- secunia.com/advisories/32677nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/33149nvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-16.xmlnvd
- www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2008-October/000089.htmlnvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-666-1nvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46227nvd
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