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CVE-2019-7524

Date: March 28, 2019

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.

Language: C

Severity Score

7.8

Related Resources (20)

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4XLI55NGRDTGMVOPYFCPPFNPA5VKYSSY/

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

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

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-7524

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-7524

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-7524

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

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

Url: https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2019-7524

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2019-7524

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

Url: https://dovecot.org/security.html

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2019-7524

Severity Score

7.8

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CWE-119

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	7.8
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	LOW
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	7.2
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	COMPLETE
Integrity (I):	COMPLETE
Availability (A):	COMPLETE
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CVE-2019-7524

Date: March 28, 2019

Language: C

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