CVE-2019-7524
HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: March 28, 2019 at 01:45 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:40 AM UTC
4 products affected across 4 vendorsDebian LinuxUbuntu LinuxLeap
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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
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
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Ubuntu Linux· Canonicalrubygems
95%Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%v < 2.2.36.32.3.0 ≤ v < 2.3.5.1
Affected range stops below 2.2.36.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2.3.5.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Leap· openSUSEdrupal
95%Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00060.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00067.html
- https://dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2019-March/000403.html
- https://dovecot.org/security.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4XLI55NGRDTGMVOPYFCPPFNPA5VKYSSY/
References (13)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00060.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00067.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/03/28/1VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107672x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2019-March/000403.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00038.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4XLI55NGRDTGMVOPYFCPPFNPA5VKYSSY/CVSS
8.8HIGHmitre
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- CHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119
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