National Cyber Awareness System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2011-3481
Original release date:09/14/2011
Last revised:12/29/2011
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
The index_get_ids function in index.c in imapd in Cyrus IMAP Server before 2.4.11, when server-side threading is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via a crafted References header in an e-mail message.
Description
Per: http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/476.html
'CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference'
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
2.9
Exploitability Subscore:
8.6
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows disruption of serviceUnknown
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External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://git.cyrusimap.org/cyrus-imapd/commit/?id=6e776956a1a9dfa58eacdd0ddd52644009eac9e5
Type: Patch Information
External Source: XF
Name: cyrus-imap-indexgetids-dos(69842)
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2011:1508
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://bugzilla.cyrusimap.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3463
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://bugzilla.cyrusimap.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2772
