CVE-2019-7524

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

CVE, NVD, CERT, CVE Details, CIRCL, Arch Linux, Debian, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE (Bugzilla), SUSE (CVE), Mageia

Mailing lists

oss-security, full-disclosure, bugtraq

Exploits

Exploit DB, Metasploit

Forges

GitHub (code, issues), Aports (code, issues)

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/

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