CVE-2019-7524

Published: Mar 28, 2019Modified: Jun 17, 2026

7.8

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 5.9

Source: NVD

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.

Affected (10)

Products: Dovecot: Dovecot · Debian: Debian Linux · Canonical: Ubuntu Linux · +1 more

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Dovecot: Dovecot · Debian: Debian Linux · Canonical: Ubuntu Linux · Opensuse: Leap

1 product

1 product

1 product

1 product

Configuration A

2 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Dovecot Dovecot	Before 2.2.36.3
Dovecot Dovecot	From 2.3.0 to 2.3.5.1

Configuration B

2 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Debian Debian Linux	Version 8.0
Debian Debian Linux	Version 9.0

Configuration C

4 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Canonical Ubuntu Linux	Version 14.04
Canonical Ubuntu Linux	Version 16.04
Canonical Ubuntu Linux	Version 18.04
Canonical Ubuntu Linux	Version 18.10

Configuration D

2 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Opensuse Leap	Version 15.0
Opensuse Leap	Version 42.3

Related CWEs

CWE-119

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

References (26)

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00060.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00067.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/03/28/1

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107672

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

https://dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2019-March/000403.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

https://dovecot.org/security.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00038.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4XLI55NGRDTGMVOPYFCPPFNPA5VKYSSY/

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QHFZ5OWRIZGIWZJ5PTNVWWZNLLNH4XYS/

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Mar/59

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue TrackingMailing ListThird Party Advisory

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-19

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3928-1/

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4418

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00060.html