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CVE-2019-7524

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.

Published

2019-03-28T14:29:00.417

Last Modified

2024-11-21T04:48:16.917

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 8.8 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-119

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	dovecot	dovecot	< 2.2.36.3	Yes
Application	dovecot	dovecot	< 2.3.5.1	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	8.0	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	9.0	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	14.04	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	16.04	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	18.04	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	18.10	Yes
Operating System	opensuse	leap	15.0	Yes
Operating System	opensuse	leap	42.3	Yes

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00060.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00067.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/03/28/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107672 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2019-March/000403.html Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://dovecot.org/security.html Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00038.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4XLI55NGRDTGMVOPYFCPPFNPA5VKYSSY/ ([email protected])
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QHFZ5OWRIZGIWZJ5PTNVWWZNLLNH4XYS/ ([email protected])
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Mar/59 Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-19 ([email protected])
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3928-1/ Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4418 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00060.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00067.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/03/28/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107672 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2019-March/000403.html Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://dovecot.org/security.html Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00038.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4XLI55NGRDTGMVOPYFCPPFNPA5VKYSSY/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QHFZ5OWRIZGIWZJ5PTNVWWZNLLNH4XYS/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Mar/59 Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-19 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3928-1/ Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4418 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)