CVE-2019-7524
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-7524
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2019-7524.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2019-7524
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2019-03-28T14:29:00Z
- Modified
- 2025-10-15T11:07:50.415847Z
- Severity
-
- 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
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.
- References
-
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00060.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00067.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/03/28/1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107672
- https://dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2019-March/000403.html
- https://dovecot.org/security.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00038.html
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Mar/59
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-19
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3928-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4418
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4XLI55NGRDTGMVOPYFCPPFNPA5VKYSSY/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QHFZ5OWRIZGIWZJ5PTNVWWZNLLNH4XYS/
Affected packages
Git / github.com/dovecot/core
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://github.com/dovecot/core
- Events
-
Introduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedFixed
Affected versions
1.*
1.1.alpha1
1.1.alpha2
1.1.alpha4
1.1.alpha5
1.1.alpha6
1.1.beta1
1.1.beta10
1.1.beta11
1.1.beta12
1.1.beta13
1.1.beta14
1.1.beta16
1.1.beta2
1.1.beta3
1.1.beta4
1.1.beta5
1.1.beta6
1.1.beta8
1.1.beta9
1.1.rc1
1.1.rc2
1.1.rc3
1.1.rc4
1.1.rc5
1.1.rc6
1.1.rc7
1.1.rc8
1.2.alpha1
1.2.alpha2
1.2.alpha3
1.2.alpha4
1.2.alpha5
1.2.beta1
1.2.beta2
1.2.beta3
1.2.beta4
1.2.rc1
2.*
2.0.0
2.0.1
2.0.10
2.0.11
2.0.12
2.0.13
2.0.14
2.0.15
2.0.2
2.0.3
2.0.4
2.0.5
2.0.6
2.0.7
2.0.8
2.0.9
2.0.alpha1
2.0.alpha2
2.0.alpha3
2.0.beta1
2.0.beta2
2.0.beta3
2.0.beta4
2.0.beta5
2.0.beta6
2.0.rc1
2.0.rc2
2.0.rc3
2.0.rc4
2.0.rc5
2.0.rc6
2.1.0
2.1.1
2.1.10
2.1.11
2.1.12
2.1.13
2.1.14
2.1.15
2.1.16
2.1.2
2.1.3
2.1.4
2.1.5
2.1.6
2.1.7
2.1.8
2.1.9
2.1.alpha1
2.1.alpha2
2.1.beta1
2.1.rc1
2.1.rc2
2.1.rc3
2.1.rc4
2.1.rc5
2.1.rc6
2.1.rc7
2.2.0
2.2.1
2.2.10
2.2.11
2.2.12
2.2.13
2.2.13.rc1
2.2.14
2.2.14.rc1
2.2.15
2.2.16
2.2.16.rc1
2.2.17
2.2.17.rc1
2.2.17.rc2
2.2.18
2.2.19
2.2.19.rc1
2.2.19.rc2
2.2.2
2.2.20
2.2.20.rc1
2.2.3
2.2.36
2.2.36.1
2.2.36.rc1
2.2.4
2.2.5
2.2.6
2.2.7
2.2.8
2.2.9
2.2.alpha1
2.2.beta1
2.2.beta2
2.2.rc1
2.2.rc2
2.2.rc3
2.2.rc4
2.2.rc5
2.2.rc6
2.2.rc7