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title: "CVE-2014-3430\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2014-3430

Publication date 13 May 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

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.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| dovecot | 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 1:2.2.9-1ubuntu2.1 |
| 13.10 saucy | Fixed 1:2.1.7-7ubuntu3.1 |
| 12.10 quantal | Fixed 1:2.1.7-1ubuntu2.1 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 1:2.0.19-0ubuntu2.1 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Fixed 1:1.2.9-1ubuntu6.6 |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-3430?format=md#patch-details)

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| dovecot | * Upstream:   <http://hg.dovecot.org/dovecot-2.2/rev/41622541a7a3> * Upstream:   <http://hg.dovecot.org/dovecot-2.1/rev/b7ac23b4d339> * Upstream:   <http://hg.dovecot.org/dovecot-2.0/rev/48f90e7e92dc> * Upstream:   <http://hg.dovecot.org/dovecot-1.2/rev/8ba4253adc9b> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-3430)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3430)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2014-3430)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-3430)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-2213-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-2213-1)
+ Dovecot vulnerability
+ 15 May 2014

### Other references

* <http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.mail.imap.dovecot/77499>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-3430>