# CVE-2020-10957: In Dovecot before 2.3.10.1, unauthenticated sending of malformed parameters to a NOOP command causes a NULL Pointer Dereference and crash in

- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AC:L/AV:N/A:H/C:N/I:N/PR:N/S:U/UI:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2020-05-18 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

In Dovecot before 2.3.10.1, unauthenticated sending of malformed parameters to a NOOP command causes a NULL Pointer Dereference and crash in submission-login, submission, or lmtp.

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## References

- https://dovecot.org/security
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/05/18/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/05/18/1
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4361-1/
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/May/37
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157771/Open-Xchange-Dovecot-2.3.10-Null-Pointer-Dereference-Denial-Of-Service.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4690
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VVUWHUUAFPC6XGIXYFIPTNBXLHPNM4W6/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00059.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TTZN2VW55ZC2AQBGBJMLRJSZIKSB2NS6/

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