Vulnerability CVE-2019-7524
Published: 2019-03-28

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.

Type:

CWE-119

 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.2/10
10/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
Opensuse -> LEAP 
Dovecot -> Dovecot 
Debian -> Debian linux 
Canonical -> Ubuntu linux 

 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://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4XLI55NGRDTGMVOPYFCPPFNPA5VKYSSY/
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
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