CVE-2019-11500

Summary

CVECVE-2019-11500
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-08-29 14:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:03:00 UTC
DescriptionIn Dovecot before 2.2.36.4 and 2.3.x before 2.3.7.2 (and Pigeonhole before 0.5.7.2), protocol processing can fail for quoted strings. This occurs because '\0' characters are mishandled, and can lead to out-of-bounds writes and remote code execution.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-787

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Application Dovecot Dovecot All All All All
Application Dovecot Dovecot All All All All
Application Dovecot Pigeonhole All All All All
Application Dovecot Pigeonhole All All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 30 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 30 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Dovecot MISC www.dovecot.org Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: dovecot-2.3.7.2-1.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
oss-security - Critical Dovecot and Pigeonhole vulnerability CONFIRM www.openwall.com Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 29 Update: dovecot-2.3.7.2-1.fc29 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: dovecot-2.3.7.2-1.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 30 Update: dovecot-2.3.7.2-1.fc30 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:2281-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 29 Update: dovecot-2.3.7.2-1.fc29 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[Dovecot-news] Pigeonhole release v0.5.7.2 CONFIRM dovecot.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
Dovecot: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201908-29) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 1901-1] dovecot security update MLIST lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 30 Update: dovecot-2.3.7.2-1.fc30 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:2278-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 377163 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for dovecot (ALINUX3-SA-2022:0115)
  • 377203 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for dovecot (ALINUX2-SA-2019:0092)
  • 378179 Virtuozzo Linux Security Update for dovecot-mysql (VZLSA-2019:2836)
  • 500165 Alpine Linux Security Update for dovecot
  • 503898 Alpine Linux Security Update for dovecot
  • 671129 EulerOS Security Update for dovecot (EulerOS-SA-2019-2138)
  • 710132 Gentoo Linux Dovecot Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201908-29)
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