Cyrus IMAP before 3.4.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (multiple-minute daemon hang) via input that is mishandled during hash-table interaction. Because there are many insertions into a single bucket, strcmp becomes slow. This is fixed in 3.4.2, 3.2.8, and 3.0.16.
CVE-2021-33582
Score 7.5 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2022-05-24. NVD baseline CVSS 7.5; sources differ by 0.0.
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 7.5
- EG Score
- 7.5(medium)
- EG Risk
- 39(Track)EG Risk 39/100SSVC: Track
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity75% × 45%Exploitation3% × 40%Automatability30% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 3%
- EPSS %ILE
- 87%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
September 1, 2021
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
References (14)
- cve@mitrehttps://cyrus.topicbox.com/groups/announce/T3dde0a2352462975-M1386fc44adf967e072f8df13/cyrus-imap-3-4-2-3-2-8-and-3-0-16-released
- cve@mitrehttps://github.com/cyrusimap/cyrus-imapd/commits/master
- cve@mitrehttps://github.com/cyrusimap/cyrus-imapd/security/advisories
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/06/msg00013.html
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6HEO3RURJW6NLIXS7NK5PVU6MGHC4SCM/
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WJZB45QBUN7CZFGOWCZYUYACNBTX7LVS/
- cve@mitrehttps://www.cyrusimap.org/imap/download/release-notes/index.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://cyrus.topicbox.com/groups/announce/T3dde0a2352462975-M1386fc44adf967e072f8df13/cyrus-imap-3-4-2-3-2-8-and-3-0-16-released
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/cyrusimap/cyrus-imapd/commits/master
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/cyrusimap/cyrus-imapd/security/advisories
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/06/msg00013.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6HEO3RURJW6NLIXS7NK5PVU6MGHC4SCM/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WJZB45QBUN7CZFGOWCZYUYACNBTX7LVS/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.cyrusimap.org/imap/download/release-notes/index.html
Patch Availability(4)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | libcyrus-imap-perl (2.5.10-3ubuntu1.1+esm1) @ bionic | 2026-05-26 | ubuntu |
| redhat | cyrus-imapd-0:3.0.7-16.el8_1.1 | 2021-09-15 | redhat |
| redhat | cyrus-imapd-0:3.0.7-20.el8_4.1 | 2021-09-13 | redhat |
| redhat | cyrus-imapd-0:3.0.7-16.el8_2.1 | 2021-09-13 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(5 across 5 ecosystems)
Debian:11(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| cyrus-imapd | 3.2.6-2 | 3.2.6-2+deb11u1 | — |
Debian:12(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| cyrus-imapd | — | 3.4.2-1 | — |
Debian:13(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| cyrus-imapd | — | 3.4.2-1 | — |
Debian:14(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| cyrus-imapd | — | 3.4.2-1 | — |
Debian:9(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| cyrus-imapd | 2.5.10-3, 2.5.10-3+deb9u1, 2.5.10-3+deb9u2 | 2.5.10-3+deb9u3 | — |
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