{"id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4907","details":"The message parsing feature in Dovecot 1.1.4 and 1.1.5, when using the FETCH ENVELOPE command in the IMAP client, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (persistent crash) via an email with a malformed From address, which triggers an assertion error, aka \"invalid message address parsing bug.\"","modified":"2026-09-20T06:47:35.570051822Z","published":"2008-11-04T00:58:40.277Z","upstream":["CVE-2008-4907"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-4907"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"dovecot","ecosystem":"Debian:12","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/dovecot?arch=source&distro=bookworm"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:1.1.7-1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"low"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4907.json"}},{"package":{"name":"dovecot","ecosystem":"Debian:13","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/dovecot?arch=source&distro=trixie"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:1.1.7-1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"low"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4907.json"}},{"package":{"name":"dovecot","ecosystem":"Debian:14","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/dovecot?arch=source&distro=forky"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:1.1.7-1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"low"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4907.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0"}