CVE-2019-7524
8.8
CVSS:3.0/AC:L/AV:L/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:L/S:C/UI:N
Summary
In Dovecot before 2.2.36.3 and 2.3.x before 2.3.5.1, a local attacker can cause a buffer overflow in the indexer-worker process, which can be used to elevate to root. This occurs because of missing checks in the fts and pop3-uidl components.
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a | affected |
Weaknesses
- n/a
ADP Enrichment
CVE Program Container
Additional References
- https://dovecot.org/security.html
- https://dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2019-March/000403.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/03/28/1
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Mar/59
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4418
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00038.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3928-1/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107672
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00060.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00067.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-19
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4XLI55NGRDTGMVOPYFCPPFNPA5VKYSSY/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QHFZ5OWRIZGIWZJ5PTNVWWZNLLNH4XYS/
References
- https://dovecot.org/security.html
- https://dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2019-March/000403.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/03/28/1
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Mar/59
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4418
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00038.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3928-1/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107672
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00060.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00067.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-19
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4XLI55NGRDTGMVOPYFCPPFNPA5VKYSSY/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QHFZ5OWRIZGIWZJ5PTNVWWZNLLNH4XYS/
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