PT-2017-9716
CVE-2016-8652
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Published
2017-02-16
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Updated
2017-03-15
Description by
CVSS 3.1
5.9
MediumMetricsAV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Dovecot versions prior to 2.2.27
Description
The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by aborting authentication without setting a username when the auth-policy is configured in the auth component.
Recommendations
For versions prior to 2.2.27, update to version 2.2.27 or later to resolve the issue.
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