CVE-2024-34055 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 6.5 Published Updated

Authenticated attackers can cause unbounded memory allocation and denial of service in Cyrus IMAP by sending many LITERALs in a single command.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2024-34055?

CVE-2024-34055 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 5 Jun 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Cyrus IMAP before 3.8.3 and 3.10.x before 3.10.0-rc1 allows authenticated attackers to cause unbounded memory allocation by sending many LITERALs in a single command.

Weakness: CWE-770

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-34055?

It affects 1 product.

Linux distribution packages (15)
cyrus-imapd AlmaLinux:9All versions3.4.8-1.el9
cyrus-imapd-libs AlmaLinux:9All versions3.4.8-1.el9
cyrus-imapd-utils AlmaLinux:9All versions3.4.8-1.el9
perl-Cyrus AlmaLinux:9All versions3.4.8-1.el9
cyrus-imapd Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstreamAll versions0:3.4.8-1.el9
cyrus-imapd-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstreamAll versions0:3.4.8-1.el9
cyrus-imapd-debugsource Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstreamAll versions0:3.4.8-1.el9
cyrus-imapd-libs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstreamAll versions0:3.4.8-1.el9
cyrus-imapd-libs-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstreamAll versions0:3.4.8-1.el9
cyrus-imapd-utils Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstreamAll versions0:3.4.8-1.el9
cyrus-imapd-utils-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstreamAll versions0:3.4.8-1.el9
cyrus-imapd-virusscan-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstreamAll versions0:3.4.8-1.el9
perl-Cyrus Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstreamAll versions0:3.4.8-1.el9
perl-Cyrus-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstreamAll versions0:3.4.8-1.el9
cyrus-imapd Rocky Linux:9All versions0:3.4.8-1.el9

Products include Cyrusimap Cyrus Imap.

How do I fix CVE-2024-34055?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2024-34055 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-34055 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as ALSA-2024:9195, CLSA-2026-1779119949, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-34055, DSA-5708-1, GHSA-crp5-539g-qwq6, RHSA-2024:9195 and 2 more.

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