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CVE-2019-7524

Public on 2019-03-28
Modified on 2020-08-25
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.

Severity
Medium
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CVSS v3 Base Score
6.5
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 1 dovecot 2020-05-08 19:50 ALAS-2020-1363
Amazon Linux 2 - Core dovecot 2020-08-18 19:26 ALAS2-2020-1473

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 6.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD CVSSv2 7.2 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
NVD CVSSv3 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H