CVE-2019-7524
high
CVSS v3
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CVSS v2
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VIR risk
8.0
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.
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-2019-7524
Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-7524.html
Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201903-16
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| arch | fixed | 2.3.5.1-1 | |
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 1:2.3.4.1-3 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 1:2.3.4.1-3 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 1:2.3.4.1-3 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 1:2.3.4.1-3 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 1:2.3.4.1-3 |
References
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.