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CVE-2017-15130

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-15130 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Dovecot versions prior to 2.2.34, affecting various distributions including Canonical and Debian. An unauthenticated attacker could exploit this by generating numerous random Server Name Indication (SNI) server names during TLS negotiation, causing excessive memory consumption and process restarts. Rated as MEDIUM severity (CVSS 5.9), the attack is network-based and low complexity, leading to high availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, suggesting a low current threat level.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 2.2.34CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
14.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
16.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.9MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.60%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
83.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0260 is in the 75th percentile among its peer group of 19,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: dovecot
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: dovecot

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-15130Low

dovecot: TLS SNI config lookups are inefficient and can be used for DoS

Feb 28, 2018

References

bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
seclists.org / oss-sec/2018/q1/205
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2018/03/msg00036.html
usn.ubuntu.com / 3587-1
Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 3587-2
debian.org / security/2018/dsa-4130
Third Party Advisory
dovecot.org / list/dovecot-news/2018-February/000370.html
Release NotesVendor Advisory