CVE-2019-7524
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 8.8 High
- Published
- Mar 28, 2019
- Updated
- Aug 4, 2024
- Reserved
- Feb 6, 2019
Description
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.0 | 8.8 High | CVSS:3.0/AC:L/AV:L/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:L/S:C/UI:N | mitre |
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
|
References
- https://dovecot.org/security.html
- https://dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2019-March/000403.html
- [oss-security] 20190328 CVE-2019-7524: Buffer overflow when reading extension header from dovecot index filesmailing-list
- 20190328 [SECURITY] [DSA 4418-1] dovecot security updatemailing-list
- DSA-4418vendor-advisory
- [debian-lts-announce] 20190329 [SECURITY] [DLA 1736-1] dovecot security updatemailing-list
- USN-3928-1vendor-advisory
- 107672vdb-entry
- openSUSE-SU-2019:1212vendor-advisory
- openSUSE-SU-2019:1220vendor-advisory
- GLSA-201904-19vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2019-9e004deceavendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2019-1b61a528ddvendor-advisory
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