Incomplete SSL/TLS Handshake Denial of Service Vulnerability in Dovecot

Incomplete SSL/TLS Handshake Denial of Service Vulnerability in Dovecot

CVE-2014-3430 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

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.

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