Net::IMAP implements Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) client functionality in Ruby. Prior to versions 0.5.7, 0.4.20, 0.3.9, and 0.2.5, there is a possibility for denial of service by memory exhaustion when net-imap reads server responses. At any time while the client is connected, a malicious server can send can send a "literal" byte count, which is automatically read by the client's receiver thread. The response reader immediately allocates memory for the number of bytes indicated by the server response. This should not be an issue when securely connecting to trusted IMAP servers that are well-behaved. It can affect insecure connections and buggy, untrusted, or compromised servers (for example, connecting to a user supplied hostname). This issue has been patched in versions 0.5.7, 0.4.20, 0.3.9, and 0.2.5.
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Description | Net::IMAP implements Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) client functionality in Ruby. Prior to versions 0.5.7, 0.4.20, 0.3.9, and 0.2.5, there is a possibility for denial of service by memory exhaustion when net-imap reads server responses. At any time while the client is connected, a malicious server can send can send a "literal" byte count, which is automatically read by the client's receiver thread. The response reader immediately allocates memory for the number of bytes indicated by the server response. This should not be an issue when securely connecting to trusted IMAP servers that are well-behaved. It can affect insecure connections and buggy, untrusted, or compromised servers (for example, connecting to a user supplied hostname). This issue has been patched in versions 0.5.7, 0.4.20, 0.3.9, and 0.2.5. | |
Title | net-imap rubygem vulnerable to possible DoS by memory exhaustion | |
Weaknesses | CWE-400 CWE-405 CWE-770 CWE-789 |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published: 2025-04-28T16:02:04.459Z
Updated: 2025-04-28T18:00:01.775Z
Reserved: 2025-04-17T20:07:08.555Z
Link: CVE-2025-43857

Updated: 2025-04-28T17:59:44.952Z

Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2025-04-28T16:15:33.440
Modified: 2025-04-29T13:52:10.697
Link: CVE-2025-43857
