[Dovecot] Doveoct crashes: UID

Robert Schetterer robert at schetterer.org
Tue Nov 23 12:27:39 EET 2010


Am 23.11.2010 09:57, schrieb Peer Heinlein:
> 
> We're running Dovecot 2.0.2 and sometimes a user creates several imap-
> prozesses, all of them hanging with the UID-command, using 100% of the 
> CPU resources:
> 
> root at mail:~# ps ax | grep UID
>  8005 ?    R    266:52 dovecot/imap [user at example.com 192.168.5.5 UID]
> 10342 ?   R    250:33 dovecot/imap [user at example.com 192.168.5.5 UID]
> 10539 ?   R    248:28 dovecot/imap [user at example.com 192.168.5.5 UID]
> 11150 ?   R    245:03 dovecot/imap [user at example.com 192.168.5.5 UID]
> 11525 ?   R    243:55 dovecot/imap [user at example.com 192.168.5.5 UID]
> 
> This situation is triggered by two users only. Looks like their 
> mailclient is sending a special command, that triggers the crash.
> 
> Is it a bug or another problem?
> 
> Is this a bug already fixed in Dovecot 2.0.3?
> 
> 	- Fixed an infinite loop introduced by v2.0.2's message parser changes.
> 
> Unfortunetaly I can't try an update at the moment. :-(
> 
> 
> Peer
> 
> 
Hi Peer
current is

2.0.7


http://hg.dovecot.org/dovecot-2.0/

 update and retry
i see no other chance, about too less info from you, and too much
patching since 2.0.2
-- 
Best Regards

MfG Robert Schetterer

Germany/Munich/Bavaria


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