{ "CVE_data_meta": { "ASSIGNER": "secalert@redhat.com", "ID": "CVE-2016-8652", "STATE": "PUBLIC" }, "affects": { "vendor": { "vendor_data": [ { "product": { "product_data": [ { "product_name": "n/a", "version": { "version_data": [ { "version_value": "n/a" } ] } } ] }, "vendor_name": "n/a" } ] } }, "data_format": "MITRE", "data_type": "CVE", "data_version": "4.0", "description": { "description_data": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "The auth component in Dovecot before 2.2.27, when auth-policy is configured, allows a remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by aborting authentication without setting a username." } ] }, "problemtype": { "problemtype_data": [ { "description": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "n/a" } ] } ] }, "references": { "reference_data": [ { "name": "94639", "refsource": "BID", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94639" }, { "name": "[oss-security] 20161202 Important vulnerability in Dovecot (CVE-2016-8652)", "refsource": "MLIST", "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/02/4" }, { "name": "[dovecot-news] 20161203 v2.2.27 released", "refsource": "MLIST", "url": "http://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot-news/2016-December/000333.html" }, { "name": "[oss-security] 20161205 Re: Important vulnerability in Dovecot (CVE-2016-8652)", "refsource": "MLIST", "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/12" } ] } }