CVE-2019-11500
critical
CVSS v3
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CVSS v2
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VIR risk
9.5
Description
In Dovecot before 2.2.36.4 and 2.3.x before 2.3.7.2 (and Pigeonhole before 0.5.7.2), protocol processing can fail for quoted strings. This occurs because '\0' characters are mishandled, and can lead to out-of-bounds writes and remote code execution.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-11500
Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-11500.html
Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201908-18
Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201908-19
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| arch | fixed | 0.5.7.2-1 | |
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 1:2.3.7.2-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 1:2.3.7.2-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 1:2.3.7.2-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 1:2.3.7.2-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 1:2.3.7.2-1 |
References
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.