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FreeBSD: VID-A64AA22F-61EC-11E9-85B9-A4BADB296695 (CVE-2019-10691): dovecot -- json encoder crash

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FreeBSD: VID-A64AA22F-61EC-11E9-85B9-A4BADB296695 (CVE-2019-10691): dovecot -- json encoder crash

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
04/09/2019
Created
04/24/2019
Added
04/19/2019
Modified
05/27/2019

Description

The JSON encoder in Dovecot before 2.3.5.2 allows attackers to repeatedly crash the authentication service by attempting to authenticate with an invalid UTF-8 sequence as the username.

Solution(s)

  • freebsd-upgrade-package-dovecot
  • freebsd-upgrade-package-dovecot2

References

  • CVE-2019-10691
  • USN-3951-1

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