High severity · published Mar 28, 2019
CVE-2019-7524
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
7.8
CVSS
1.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.2% · higher than 67% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0; 9.0 · source: NVD
DO
Dovecot · Dovecot
before 2.2.36.3; 2.3.0 before 2.3.5.1 · source: NVD
LE
Leap · Opensuse
15.0; 42.3 · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
14.04; 16.04; 18.04; 18.10 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-7524
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-7524
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00060.html
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00067.html
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/03/28/1
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107672
Vendor Advisory
https://dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2019-March/000403.html
Vendor Advisory
https://dovecot.org/security.html
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