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.

CVSS v3 8.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 7.2 HIGH

8.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability : 2.0 / Impact : 6.0

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope CHANGED

7.2^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

V2 Legend

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

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
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
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/03/28/1	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107672	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2019-March/000403.html	Vendor Advisory
https://dovecot.org/security.html	Vendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00038.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4XLI55NGRDTGMVOPYFCPPFNPA5VKYSSY/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QHFZ5OWRIZGIWZJ5PTNVWWZNLLNH4XYS/
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Mar/59	Issue Tracking Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-19
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3928-1/	Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4418	Third Party Advisory
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
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/03/28/1	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107672	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2019-March/000403.html	Vendor Advisory
https://dovecot.org/security.html	Vendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00038.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4XLI55NGRDTGMVOPYFCPPFNPA5VKYSSY/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QHFZ5OWRIZGIWZJ5PTNVWWZNLLNH4XYS/
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Mar/59	Issue Tracking Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-19
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3928-1/	Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4418	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot::::::::

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:::::::*

Configuration 3 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04::::lts:::
	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04::::lts:::
	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04::::lts:::
	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10:::::::*

Configuration 4 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.3:::::::*

History

21 Nov 2024, 04:48

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~() 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/msg00060.html - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References	~~() http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00067.html - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory~~	() http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00067.html - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References	~~() http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/03/28/1 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory~~	() http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/03/28/1 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References	~~() http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107672 - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry~~	() http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107672 - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
References	~~() https://dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2019-March/000403.html - Vendor Advisory~~	() https://dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2019-March/000403.html - Vendor Advisory
References	~~() https://dovecot.org/security.html - Vendor Advisory~~	() https://dovecot.org/security.html - Vendor Advisory
References	~~() https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00038.html - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory~~	() https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00038.html - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References	~~() https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4XLI55NGRDTGMVOPYFCPPFNPA5VKYSSY/ -~~	() https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4XLI55NGRDTGMVOPYFCPPFNPA5VKYSSY/ -
References	~~() https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QHFZ5OWRIZGIWZJ5PTNVWWZNLLNH4XYS/ -~~	() https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QHFZ5OWRIZGIWZJ5PTNVWWZNLLNH4XYS/ -
References	~~() https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Mar/59 - Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory~~	() https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Mar/59 - Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References	~~() https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-19 -~~	() https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-19 -
References	~~() https://usn.ubuntu.com/3928-1/ - Third Party Advisory~~	() https://usn.ubuntu.com/3928-1/ - Third Party Advisory
References	~~() https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4418 - Third Party Advisory~~	() https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4418 - Third Party Advisory
CVSS	v2 : ~~7.2~~ v3 : ~~7.8~~	v2 : 7.2 v3 : 8.8

Information

Published : 2019-03-28 14:29

Updated : 2024-11-21 04:48

NVD link : CVE-2019-7524

Mitre link : CVE-2019-7524

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2019-7524

JSON object : View

Products Affected

debian

debian_linux

opensuse

leap

dovecot

dovecot

canonical

ubuntu_linux

CWE

CWE-119

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

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8.8 /10