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CVE-2014-3430: dovecot Improper Authentication

CVSS: 5.0v2.0MediumModified
AliasesMGASA-2014-0223RHSA-2014:0790UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3430
Published 14-05-2014Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2014-3430 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) Improper Authentication vulnerability in dovecot. EPSS estimates a 3.33% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
21/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
3.33%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10158-1

Timeline

  1. 14-05-2014
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

3.33%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

89%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 3.33% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
3.33%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Redhat6 products
  • dovecot< 1:2.0.9-7.el6_5.1 | < 1:2.2.10-4.el7_0.1
  • dovecot-debuginfo< 1:2.0.9-7.el6_5.1 | < 1:2.2.10-4.el7_0.1
  • dovecot-devel< 1:2.0.9-7.el6_5.1
  • dovecot-mysql< 1:2.0.9-7.el6_5.1 | < 1:2.2.10-4.el7_0.1
  • dovecot-pgsql< 1:2.0.9-7.el6_5.1 | < 1:2.2.10-4.el7_0.1
Mageia2 products
  • dovecot< 2.1.15-2.1.mga3
  • dovecot< 2.2.6-2.2.mga4
Debian1 product
  • dovecot< 1:1.2.15-7+deb6u1 | < 1:2.1.7-7+deb7u1 | < 1:2.2.13~rc1-1
Dovecot1 product
  • dovecotEOL1.1 | 1.1:rc2 | 1.1.0 | 1.1.1 | 1.1.2 | 1.1.3 | 1.1.4 | 1.1.5 | 1.1.6 | 1.2.0 | 1.2.1 | 1.2.2 | 1.2.3 | 1.2.4 | 1.2.5 | 1.2.6 | 1.2.7 | 1.2.8 | 1.2.9 | 1.2.10 | 1.2.11 | 1.2.12 | 1.2.13 | 1.2.14 | 1.2.15 | 2.0:beta1 | 2.0.0 | 2.0.1 | 2.0.2 | 2.0.3 | 2.0.4 | 2.0.5 | 2.0.6 | 2.0.7 | 2.0.8 | 2.0.9 | 2.0.10 | 2.0.11 | 2.0.12 | 2.0.13 | 2.0.14 | 2.0.15 | 2.1:rc1 | 2.1:rc2 | 2.1:rc3 | 2.1:rc5 | 2.1:rc6 | 2.1:rc7 | 2.1.0 | 2.1.1 | 2.1.2 | 2.1.3 | 2.1.4 | 2.1.5 | 2.1.6 | 2.1.7 | 2.1.8 | 2.1.10 | 2.1.11 | 2.1.12 | 2.1.13 | 2.1.14 | 2.1.15 | 2.2:rc1 | 2.2:rc2 | 2.2:rc3 | 2.2:rc4 | 2.2:rc5 | 2.2:rc6 | 2.2:rc7 | 2.2.0 | 2.2.1 | 2.2.2 | 2.2.3 | 2.2.4 | 2.2.5 | 2.2.6 | 2.2.7 | 2.2.8 | 2.2.9 | 2.2.10 | 2.2.13:rc1
Ubuntu1 product
  • dovecot< 1:2.2.9-1ubuntu2.1

5 vendors · 11 products

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