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CVE-2009-3235

HIGH CVSS: 7.5 Published: 2009-09-17 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

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.

Affected Platforms

Dovecot Dovecot

Weakness Type

CWE-119

References