CVE-2019-7524

CVSS V2 High 7.2 CVSS V3 High 7.8
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2019-7524
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2019-03-28T14:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2019-06-14T03:29:01
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-119 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/119.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2.2.36.3
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2.3.0 2.3.5.1
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 7.2
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 10
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://dovecot.org/security.html Vendor Advisory
https://dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2019-March/000403.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/03/28/1 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Mar/59 Issue Tracking Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4418 Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00038.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3928-1/ Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107672 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00060.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00067.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-19
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4XLI55NGRDTGMVOPYFCPPFNPA5VKYSSY/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QHFZ5OWRIZGIWZJ5PTNVWWZNLLNH4XYS/
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-7524
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-7524
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 07:50:21 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 18:47:45 2019-03-28T14:29Z 2019-03-28T14:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 18:47:45 2019-06-14T03:29:01 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 18:47:45 Modified Vulnerability Status updated