CVE Request -- Dovecot v1.2.11 -- DoS (excessive CPU use) by processing email with huge header

[Jan Lieskovsky <jlieskov () redhat com>]

Hi Steve, vendors,

  Dovecot upstream has released latest v1.2.11 version of Dovecot IMAP server:
    [1] http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2010-March/000152.html

  addressing one denial of service issue (from upstream announcement):
  "mbox users really should upgrade, because by sending a message with
   a huge header you could basically cause a DoS (this problem exists only
   with v1.2.x, not with v1.0 or v1.1)."

  References:
    [2] http://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot/2010-February/047190.html
    [3] http://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot/2010-February/047058.html
    [4] http://secunia.com/advisories/38881/

Could you allocate a CVE id for it?

Thanks && Regards, Jan.
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Jan iankko Lieskovsky / Red Hat Security Response Team