CVE-2019-7524
7.2 High
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
7.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
6.9 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
10.2%
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.
Affected configurations
References
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00060.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00067.html
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/03/28/1
www.securityfocus.com/bid/107672
dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2019-March/000403.html
dovecot.org/security.html
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00038.html
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4XLI55NGRDTGMVOPYFCPPFNPA5VKYSSY/
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QHFZ5OWRIZGIWZJ5PTNVWWZNLLNH4XYS/
seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Mar/59
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-19
usn.ubuntu.com/3928-1/
www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4418
Related
7.2 High
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
7.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
6.9 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
10.2%