CVE-2019-3814

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Summary

CVECVE-2019-3814
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-03-27 13:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:10:00 UTC
DescriptionIt was discovered that Dovecot before versions 2.2.36.1 and 2.3.4.1 incorrectly handled client certificates. A remote attacker in possession of a valid certificate with an empty username field could possibly use this issue to impersonate other users.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-295

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.10 All All All
Application Dovecot Dovecot All All All All
Application Dovecot Dovecot All All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 42.3 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 42.3 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Dovecot: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201904-19) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 30 Update: dovecot-2.3.6-3.fc30 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
1673415 – (CVE-2019-3814) CVE-2019-3814 dovecot: Improper certificate validation CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:1220-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
CVE-2019-3814: Suitable client certificate can be used to login as other user MISC www.dovecot.org Exploit, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 30 Update: dovecot-2.3.6-3.fc30 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 29 Update: dovecot-2.3.6-3.fc29 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 29 Update: dovecot-2.3.6-3.fc29 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.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)
  • 377452 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for dovecot (ALINUX2-SA-2020:0076)
  • 500162 Alpine Linux Security Update for dovecot
  • 503895 Alpine Linux Security Update for dovecot
  • 710166 Gentoo Linux Dovecot Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201904-19)
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