ISOMAN

CVE

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.

Severity
HIGH
CVSS
8.8
Published
Modified
NVD detailAll CVEs

Linked Releases

DistributionReleaseStatusEvidence
Ubuntu18.04.6 amd64 desktopunknownsource
Ubuntu18.04.6 amd64 live-serverunknownsource
Ubuntu16.04.7 amd64 desktopunknownsource
Ubuntu16.04.6 i386 desktopunknownsource
Ubuntu16.04.7 amd64 serverunknownsource
Ubuntu16.04.6 i386 serverunknownsource
Ubuntu14.04.6 amd64 desktopunknownsource
Ubuntu14.04.6 i386 desktopunknownsource
Ubuntu14.04.6 amd64 serverunknownsource
Ubuntu14.04.6 i386 serverunknownsource

References

  1. http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00060.html
  2. http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00067.html
  3. http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/03/28/1
  4. http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107672
  5. https://dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2019-March/000403.html
  6. https://dovecot.org/security.html
  7. https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00038.html
  8. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4XLI55NGRDTGMVOPYFCPPFNPA5VKYSSY/
  9. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QHFZ5OWRIZGIWZJ5PTNVWWZNLLNH4XYS/
  10. https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Mar/59
  11. https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-19
  12. https://usn.ubuntu.com/3928-1/
  13. https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4418
  14. http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00060.html
  15. http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00067.html
  16. http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/03/28/1
  17. http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107672
  18. https://dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2019-March/000403.html
  19. https://dovecot.org/security.html
  20. https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00038.html