CVE-2009-3235
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the Sieve plugin in Dovecot 1.0 before 1.0.4 and 1.1 before 1.1.7, as derived from Cyrus libsieve, allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted SIEVE script, as demonstrated by forwarding an e-mail message to a large number of recipients, a different vulnerability than CVE-2009-2632.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 4.0% (91th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-3218)
- Published
- September 17, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-3218 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- dovecot / dovecot
- dovecot / dovecot
- dovecot / dovecot
- dovecot / dovecot
- dovecot / dovecot
- dovecot / dovecot
- dovecot / dovecot
- dovecot / dovecot
- dovecot / dovecot
- dovecot / dovecot
- dovecot / dovecot
- dovecot / dovecot
References
- http://dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2009-September/000135.html(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Nov/msg00000.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00001.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00004.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36698(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36713(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36904
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3937
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/14/3
- http://www.osvdb.org/58103
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36377
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-838-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2641(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3184
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53248
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10515
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-September/msg00491.html(Patch)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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