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CVE-2016-8652
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.9
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2017-02-17T02:59:13.547 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:54:44.927

Summary

The auth component in Dovecot before 2.2.27, when auth-policy is configured, allows a remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by aborting authentication without setting a username.

Affected products

dovecot — dovecot

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References

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