DEBIAN-CVE-2017-15132

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-15132
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-15132.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-15132
Upstream
Published
2018-01-25T20:29:00Z
Modified
2025-09-19T06:19:06Z
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / dovecot

Package

Name
dovecot
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/dovecot?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:2.2.34-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / dovecot

Package

Name
dovecot
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/dovecot?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:2.2.34-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / dovecot

Package

Name
dovecot
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/dovecot?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:2.2.34-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / dovecot

Package

Name
dovecot
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/dovecot?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:2.2.34-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}