CVE Vulnerability

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.

7.2 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 10

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

Scope

7.8 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://dovecot.org/security.html Vendor Advisory
https://dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2019-March/000403.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/03/28/1 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Mar/59 Issue Tracking Mailing List
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4418 Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00038.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3928-1/ Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107672 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00060.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00067.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-19
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4XLI55NGRDTGMVOPYFCPPFNPA5VKYSSY/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QHFZ5OWRIZGIWZJ5PTNVWWZNLLNH4XYS/
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2019-03-28 02:29

Updated : 2019-06-14 03:29

NVD link : CVE-2019-7524

Mitre link : CVE-2019-7524

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-119

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer