CVE-2017-15130
A denial of service flaw was found in dovecot before 2.2.34. An attacker able to generate random...
A denial of service flaw was found in dovecot before 2.2.34. An attacker able to generate random SNI server names could exploit TLS SNI configuration lookups, leading to excessive memory usage and the process to restart.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
5.9
A denial of service flaw was found in dovecot before 2.2.34. An attacker able to generate random SNI server names could exploit TLS SNI configuration lookups, leading to excessive memory usage and the process to restart.
- Record
CVE-2017-15130- CVSS 3.0
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-400
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
A denial of service flaw was found in dovecot before 2.2.34. An attacker able to generate random SNI server names could exploit TLS SNI configuration lookups, leading to excessive memory usage and the process to restart.
- Record
CVE-2017-15130- Weakness
- CWE-400
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-6591 No score
A denial of service flaw was found in dovecot before 2.2.34. An attacker able to generate random SNI server names could exploit TLS SNI configuration lookups, leading to excessive memory usage and the process to restart.
- Record
EUVD-2017-6591- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-36px-qc55-gxh7
5.9
A denial of service flaw was found in dovecot before 2.2.34. An attacker able to generate random...
A denial of service flaw was found in dovecot before 2.2.34. An attacker able to generate random SNI server names could exploit TLS SNI configuration lookups, leading to excessive memory usage and the process to restart.
- Record
GHSA-36px-qc55-gxh7- CVSS 3.0
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVALPINE-CVE-2017-15130
5.9
A denial of service flaw was found in dovecot before 2.2.34. An attacker able to generate random SNI server names could exploit TLS SNI configuration lookups, leading to excessive memory usage and the process to restart.
- Record
ALPINE-CVE-2017-15130- CVSS 3.0
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
5.9
A denial of service flaw was found in dovecot before 2.2.34. An attacker able to generate random SNI server names could exploit TLS SNI configuration lookups, leading to excessive memory usage and the process to restart.
- Record
CVE-2017-15130- CVSS 3.0
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
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OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2017-15130
5.9
A denial of service flaw was found in dovecot before 2.2.34. An attacker able to generate random SNI server names could exploit TLS SNI configuration lookups, leading to excessive memory usage and the process to restart.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2017-15130- CVSS 3.0
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2017-15130
5.9
A denial of service flaw was found in dovecot before 2.2.34. An attacker able to generate random SNI server names could exploit TLS SNI configuration lookups, leading to excessive memory usage and the process to restart.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2017-15130- CVSS 3.0
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVMGASA-2018-0160 No score
Updated dovecot packages fix security vulnerabilities
Dovecot has been updated to version 2.2.34 to fix two security issues.
CVE-2017-14461: This vulnerability comes in two flavors. A malicious party can send a specially crafted email to a vulnerable system, causing it to crash dovecot. In some systems, the mail can be stored into the mail system, causing crash every time it is being opened.
CVE-2017-15130: If dovecot has been configured with local name or local net configuration blocks, SNI lookups can be used to trash memory with useless config by using random servernames.
- Record
MGASA-2018-0160- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10726-1 No score
dovecot23-2.3.16-1.6 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the dovecot23-2.3.16-1.6 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10726-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2025:14715-1 No score
dovecot24-2.4.0-1.1 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the dovecot24-2.4.0-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2025:14715-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2018:2632-1 No score
Security update for dovecot22
This update for dovecot22 fixes the following issues:
Security issue fixed:
- CVE-2017-15130: Fixed a potential denial of service via TLS SNI config lookups, which would slow the process down and could have led to exhaustive memory allocation and/or process restarts (bsc#1082828)
- Record
SUSE-SU-2018:2632-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2018:2632-2 No score
Security update for dovecot22
This update for dovecot22 fixes the following issues:
Security issue fixed:
- CVE-2017-15130: Fixed a potential denial of service via TLS SNI config lookups, which would slow the process down and could have led to exhaustive memory allocation and/or process restarts (bsc#1082828)
- Record
SUSE-SU-2018:2632-2- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUSN-3587-1 No score
dovecot vulnerabilities
It was discovered that Dovecot incorrectly handled parsing certain email addresses. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Dovecot to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2017-14461)
It was discovered that Dovecot incorrectly handled TLS SNI config lookups. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Dovecot to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2017-15130)
- Record
USN-3587-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
dovecotAlpine:v3.10 |
before 2.3.1-r0 | 2.3.1-r0 |
dovecotAlpine:v3.11 |
before 2.3.1-r0 | 2.3.1-r0 |
dovecotAlpine:v3.12 |
before 2.3.1-r0 | 2.3.1-r0 |
dovecotAlpine:v3.13 |
before 2.3.1-r0 | 2.3.1-r0 |
dovecotAlpine:v3.14 |
before 2.3.1-r0 | 2.3.1-r0 |
dovecotAlpine:v3.15 |
before 2.3.1-r0 | 2.3.1-r0 |
dovecotAlpine:v3.16 |
before 2.3.1-r0 | 2.3.1-r0 |
dovecotAlpine:v3.17 |
before 2.3.1-r0 | 2.3.1-r0 |
dovecotAlpine:v3.18 |
before 2.3.1-r0 | 2.3.1-r0 |
dovecotAlpine:v3.19 |
before 2.3.1-r0 | 2.3.1-r0 |
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| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
dovecotAlpine:v3.20 |
before 2.3.1-r0 | 2.3.1-r0 |
dovecotAlpine:v3.21 |
before 2.3.1-r0 | 2.3.1-r0 |
dovecotAlpine:v3.22 |
before 2.3.1-r0 | 2.3.1-r0 |
dovecotAlpine:v3.23 |
before 2.3.1-r0 | 2.3.1-r0 |
dovecotAlpine:v3.24 |
before 2.3.1-r0 | 2.3.1-r0 |
dovecotAlpine:v3.7 |
before 2.2.34-r0 | 2.2.34-r0 |
dovecotAlpine:v3.8 |
before 2.3.1-r0 | 2.3.1-r0 |
dovecotAlpine:v3.9 |
before 2.3.1-r0 | 2.3.1-r0 |
dovecotDebian:12 |
before 1:2.2.34-1 | 1:2.2.34-1 |
dovecotDebian:13 |
before 1:2.2.34-1 | 1:2.2.34-1 |
dovecotDebian:14 |
before 1:2.2.34-1 | 1:2.2.34-1 |
dovecotDebian:7 From an advisory covering 3 CVEs |
before 1:2.1.7-7+deb7u2, plus listed versions 1:2.1.7-71:2.1.7-7+deb7u1 |
1:2.1.7-7+deb7u2 |
dovecotDebian:8 From an advisory covering 3 CVEs |
before 1:2.2.13-12~deb8u4, plus listed versions 1:2.2.13-111:2.2.13-12~deb8u11:2.2.13-12~deb8u21:2.2.13-12~deb8u3 |
1:2.2.13-12~deb8u4 |
dovecotDebian:9 From an advisory covering 3 CVEs |
before 1:2.2.27-3+deb9u2, plus listed versions 1:2.2.27-31:2.2.27-3+deb9u11:2.2.27-3+deb9u2~bpo8+1 |
1:2.2.27-3+deb9u2 |
dovecotMageia:6 From an advisory covering 2 CVEs |
before 2.2.34-1.mga6 | 2.2.34-1.mga6 |
dovecot22SUSE:OpenStack Cloud 7 |
before 2.2.31-19.11.1 | 2.2.31-19.11.1 |
dovecot22SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 |
before 2.2.31-19.11.1 | 2.2.31-19.11.1 |
dovecot22SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 |
before 2.2.31-19.11.1 | 2.2.31-19.11.1 |
dovecot22SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3 |
before 2.2.31-19.11.1 | 2.2.31-19.11.1 |
dovecot22SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS |
before 2.2.31-19.11.1 | 2.2.31-19.11.1 |
dovecot22SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1-LTSS |
before 2.2.31-19.11.1 | 2.2.31-19.11.1 |
dovecot22SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS |
before 2.2.31-19.11.1 | 2.2.31-19.11.1 |
dovecot22SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 |
before 2.2.31-19.11.1 | 2.2.31-19.11.1 |
dovecot22SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 |
before 2.2.31-19.11.1 | 2.2.31-19.11.1 |
dovecot22SUSE:Enterprise Storage 4 |
before 2.2.31-19.11.1 | 2.2.31-19.11.1 |
dovecot22SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL |
before 2.2.31-19.11.1 | 2.2.31-19.11.1 |
dovecotUbuntu:14.04:LTS |
before 1:2.2.9-1ubuntu2.4, plus listed versions 1:2.1.7-7ubuntu31:2.2.9-1ubuntu11:2.2.9-1ubuntu21:2.2.9-1ubuntu2.11:2.2.9-1ubuntu2.3 |
1:2.2.9-1ubuntu2.4 |
dovecotUbuntu:16.04:LTS |
before 1:2.2.22-1ubuntu2.7, plus listed versions 1:2.2.18-2ubuntu21:2.2.22-1ubuntu11:2.2.22-1ubuntu21:2.2.22-1ubuntu2.11:2.2.22-1ubuntu2.21:2.2.22-1ubuntu2.31:2.2.22-1ubuntu2.41:2.2.22-1ubuntu2.6 |
1:2.2.22-1ubuntu2.7 |
dovecotUbuntu:14.04:LTS From an advisory covering 2 CVEs |
before 1:2.2.9-1ubuntu2.4, plus listed versions 1:2.1.7-7ubuntu31:2.2.9-1ubuntu11:2.2.9-1ubuntu21:2.2.9-1ubuntu2.11:2.2.9-1ubuntu2.3 |
1:2.2.9-1ubuntu2.4 |
dovecotUbuntu:16.04:LTS From an advisory covering 2 CVEs |
before 1:2.2.22-1ubuntu2.7, plus listed versions 1:2.2.18-2ubuntu21:2.2.22-1ubuntu11:2.2.22-1ubuntu21:2.2.22-1ubuntu2.11:2.2.22-1ubuntu2.21:2.2.22-1ubuntu2.31:2.2.22-1ubuntu2.41:2.2.22-1ubuntu2.6 |
1:2.2.22-1ubuntu2.7 |
dovecot23openSUSE:Tumbleweed From an advisory covering 22 CVEs |
before 2.3.16-1.6 | 2.3.16-1.6 |
dovecot24openSUSE:Tumbleweed From an advisory covering 24 CVEs |
before 2.4.0-1.1 | 2.4.0-1.1 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected, facts | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2017-15130 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.9) in Dovecot, published February 28, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.55%, the 85th percentile. Fixed in dovecot 2.3.1-r0.
References
usn.ubuntu.com/3587-1
seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q1/205
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/03/msg00036.html
debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4130
usn.ubuntu.com/3587-2
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1532356
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dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2018-February/000370.html
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-15130
github.com/advisories/GHSA-36px-qc55-gxh7
security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2017-15130
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-15130
advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0160.html
bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22673
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/03/01/2
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/03/01/3
suse.com/support/update/announcement/2018/suse-su-20182632-1
bugzilla.suse.com/1082828
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-15130
suse.com/support/update/announcement/2018/suse-su-20182632-2
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-15130
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3587-1
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3587-2
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-15130
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-14461
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-14461
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-15132
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-10691
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-11494
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-11499
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-11500
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-19722
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-3814
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-7524
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-10957
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-10958
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-10967
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-12100
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-12673
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-12674
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-24386
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-28200
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-7046
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-7957
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-29157
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-33515
lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/KZSDCZ5LA6IHY7KXVSL6ULAJVP6OFT2M
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-23184
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-23185