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
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
10.1%
Dovecot is prone to a privilege escalation vulnerability.
# Copyright (C) 2019 Greenbone Networks GmbH
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
# as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
# of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.113378");
script_version("2022-04-13T07:21:45+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2022-04-13 07:21:45 +0000 (Wed, 13 Apr 2022)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2019-04-29 11:00:46 +0000 (Mon, 29 Apr 2019)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.2");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2019-06-14 03:29:00 +0000 (Fri, 14 Jun 2019)");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner_unreliable");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_cve_id("CVE-2019-7524");
script_name("Dovecot < 2.2.36.3, 2.3.x < 2.3.5.1 Privilege Escalation Vulnerability");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2019 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
script_family("Buffer overflow");
script_dependencies("gb_dovecot_consolidation.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("dovecot/detected");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Dovecot is prone to a privilege escalation vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"A local attacker can cause a buffer overflow in the indexer-worker process.
This occurs because of missing checks in the fts and pop3-uidl components.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation would allow a local attacker to elevate to root.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Dovecot version 2.0.14 through 2.2.36.2 and version 2.3.0 through version 2.3.5.0.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 2.2.36.3 or 2.3.5.1 respectively.");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2019-March/000403.html");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107672");
exit(0);
}
CPE = "cpe:/a:dovecot:dovecot";
include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
if (isnull(port = get_app_port(cpe: CPE)))
exit(0);
if (!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe: CPE, port: port, exit_no_version: TRUE))
exit(0);
version = infos["version"];
location = infos["location"];
if (version_in_range(version: version, test_version: "2.0.14", test_version2: "2.2.36.1")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "2.2.36.3", install_path: location);
security_message(port: port, data: report);
exit(0);
}
else if (version_in_range(version: version, test_version: "2.3.0", test_version2: "2.3.5.0")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "2.3.5.1", install_path: location);
security_message(port: port, data: report);
exit(0);
}
exit(99);
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
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
10.1%