CVE-2019-7524

Name
CVE-2019-7524
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.
NVD Severity
medium
Other trackers
Mailing lists
Exploits
Forges
GitHub (code, issues), Aports (code, issues)

References

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

Match rules

CPE URI Source package Min version Max version
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* dovecot >= 2.3.0 < 2.3.5.1
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* dovecot >= None < 2.2.36.3

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Source package Branch Version Maintainer Status