# CVE-2010-0745: Unspecified vulnerability in Dovecot 1.2.x before 1.2.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via long hea

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2010-05-20 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Unspecified vulnerability in Dovecot 1.2.x before 1.2.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via long headers in an e-mail message.

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## References

- http://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-0745
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1107
- http://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot/2010-February/047190.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-05/msg00001.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:104
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=572268
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1226
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/03/10/6
- http://dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2010-March/000152.html
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127013715227551&w=2

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