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. This occurs because of missing checks in the fts and pop3-uidl components.
| Software | From | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| dovecot / dovecot | - | 2.2.36.3 |
| dovecot / dovecot | 2.3.0 | 2.3.5.1 |
| debian / debian_linux | 8.0 | 8.0.x |
| debian / debian_linux | 9.0 | 9.0.x |
| canonical / ubuntu_linux | 16.04 | 16.04.x |
| canonical / ubuntu_linux | 14.04 | 14.04.x |
| canonical / ubuntu_linux | 18.04 | 18.04.x |
| canonical / ubuntu_linux | 18.10 | 18.10.x |
| opensuse / leap | 42.3 | 42.3.x |
| opensuse / leap | 15.0 | 15.0.x |
- 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://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QHFZ5OWRIZGIWZJ5PTNVWWZNLLNH4XYS/
- 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/
- 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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