CVE-2017-14230

Published: 10 September 2017

In the mboxlist_do_find function in imap/mboxlist.c in Cyrus IMAP before 3.0.4, an off-by-one error in prefix calculation for the LIST command caused use of uninitialized memory, which might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information or cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a 'LIST "" "Other Users"' command.

Priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.1

Score breakdown

Status

Package	Release	Status
cyrus-imapd Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	artful	Ignored (end of life)
	bionic	Not vulnerable (vulnerable code introduced later)
	cosmic	Not vulnerable (vulnerable code introduced later)
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Not vulnerable (vulnerable code introduced later)
	xenial	Does not exist
	zesty	Ignored (end of life)
cyrus-imapd-2.4 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	artful	Does not exist
	bionic	Does not exist
	cosmic	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist (trusty was not-affected [vunerable code introduced later])
	upstream	Not vulnerable (vunerable code introduced later)
	xenial	Not vulnerable (vunerable code introduced later)
	zesty	Does not exist

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	9.1
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

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