CVE-2019-7524

HIGH

Dovecot <2.2.36.3, 2.3.x <2.3.5.1 - Buffer Overflow

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (13)

Core 13
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://dovecot.org/security.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/03/28/1
Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Mar/59
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4418
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00038.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3928-1/
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107672
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00060.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00067.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-19

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.0009
EPSS Percentile 25.6%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (9)
canonical/ubuntu_linux 14.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 16.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 18.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 18.10
debian/debian_linux 8.0
debian/debian_linux 9.0
dovecot/dovecot < 2.2.36.3
opensuse/leap 15.0
opensuse/leap 42.3
Published Mar 28, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026