CVE-2019-7524

Summary

CVECVE-2019-7524
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-03-28 14:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:13:00 UTC
DescriptionIn 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
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 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 Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Application Dovecot Dovecot All All All All
Application Dovecot Dovecot All All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.0 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 42.3 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.0 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
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:1212-1: moderate: Security update f SUSE lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:1220-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
oss-security - CVE-2019-7524: Buffer overflow when reading extension header from dovecot index files MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[Dovecot-news] CVE-2019-7524: Buffer overflow when reading extension header from dovecot index files MISC dovecot.org Vendor Advisory
Bugtraq: [SECURITY] [DSA 4418-1] dovecot security update BUGTRAQ seclists.org Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party 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 MISC dovecot.org Vendor Advisory
Dovecot CVE-2019-7524 Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4418-1 dovecot DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 29 Update: dovecot-2.3.6-3.fc29 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] [DLA 1736-1] dovecot security update MLIST lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
USN-3928-1: Dovecot vulnerability | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 377452 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for dovecot (ALINUX2-SA-2020:0076)
  • 500163 Alpine Linux Security Update for dovecot
  • 503896 Alpine Linux Security Update for dovecot
  • 710166 Gentoo Linux Dovecot Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201904-19)
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