High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Jan 25, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-15132
CVE-2017-15132
Description
A flaw was found in dovecot 2.0 up to 2.2.33 and 2.3.0. An abort of SASL authentication results in a memory leak in dovecot's auth client used by login processes. The leak has impact in high performance configuration where same login processes are reused and can cause the process to crash due to memory exhaustion.
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Affected products
20cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=2.0.0,<=2.2.33
- cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <=2.2.33, 2.3.0
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*+ 3 more
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- osv-coords9 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/dovecot23&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/dovecot24&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/dovecot22&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/dovecot22&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/dovecot22&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20Raspberry%20Pi%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/dovecot22&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/dovecot22&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/dovecot22&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/dovecot22&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP3
< 2.3.16-1.6+ 8 more
- (no CPE)range: < 2.3.16-1.6
- (no CPE)range: < 2.4.0-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.2.31-19.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.2.31-19.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.2.31-19.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.2.31-19.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.2.31-19.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.2.31-19.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.2.31-19.5.1
- The Dovecot Project/dovecotv5Range: 2.0 up to 2.2.33 and 2.3.0
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
7- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- github.com/dovecot/core/commit/1a29ed2f96da1be22fa5a4d96c7583aa81b8b060.patchnvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/03/msg00036.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- usn.ubuntu.com/3556-1/nvdThird Party Advisory
- usn.ubuntu.com/3556-2/nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4130nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2018-February/000370.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
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