CVE-2019-7524

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-7524
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2019-7524.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2019-7524
Downstream
Related
Published
2019-03-28T14:29:00.417Z
Modified
2026-07-08T05:55:07.722352043Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

Database specific 
{
    "unresolved_ranges": [
        {
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "introduced": "14.04"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "14.04"
                },
                {
                    "introduced": "16.04"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "16.04"
                },
                {
                    "introduced": "18.04"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "18.04"
                },
                {
                    "introduced": "18.10"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "18.10"
                }
            ],
            "source": "CPE_STRING",
            "vendor_product": "canonical:ubuntu_linux",
            "cpes": [
                "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ]
        },
        {
            "cpes": [
                "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "source": "CPE_STRING",
            "vendor_product": "debian:debian_linux",
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "introduced": "8.0"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "8.0"
                },
                {
                    "introduced": "9.0"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "9.0"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "cpes": [
                "cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "source": "CPE_STRING",
            "vendor_product": "opensuse:leap",
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "introduced": "15.0"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "15.0"
                },
                {
                    "introduced": "42.3"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "42.3"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/dovecot/core

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/dovecot/core
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
a7d78f5a20888b4be87ffbb27287785f2fa1bae2
Introduced
c8b89eb9968980589904a58e8bd72fc8c00039be
Fixed
7ec6d0adea3aa375c6ba7124c93314b346a78edc
Database specific 
{
    "source": "CPE_RANGE",
    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "fixed": "2.2.36.3"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "2.3.0"
        },
        {
            "fixed": "2.3.5.1"
        }
    ]
}

Affected versions

1.*
1.1.alpha1
1.1.alpha2
1.1.alpha4
1.1.alpha5
1.1.alpha6
1.1.beta1
1.1.beta10
1.1.beta11
1.1.beta12
1.1.beta13
1.1.beta14
1.1.beta16
1.1.beta2
1.1.beta3
1.1.beta4
1.1.beta5
1.1.beta6
1.1.beta8
1.1.beta9
1.1.rc1
1.1.rc2
1.1.rc3
1.2.alpha1
1.2.alpha2
1.2.alpha3
1.2.alpha4
1.2.alpha5
1.2.beta1
1.2.beta2
1.2.beta3
1.2.beta4
1.2.rc1
2.*
2.0.0
2.0.1
2.0.2
2.0.3
2.0.4
2.0.5
2.0.6
2.0.7
2.0.8
2.0.alpha1
2.0.alpha2
2.0.alpha3
2.0.beta1
2.0.beta2
2.0.beta3
2.0.beta4
2.0.beta5
2.0.beta6
2.0.rc1
2.0.rc2
2.0.rc3
2.0.rc4
2.0.rc5
2.0.rc6
2.1.alpha1
2.1.alpha2
2.1.beta1
2.1.rc1
2.1.rc2
2.1.rc3
2.1.rc4
2.1.rc5
2.1.rc6
2.2.0
2.2.1
2.2.10
2.2.11
2.2.12
2.2.13
2.2.13.rc1
2.2.14
2.2.14.rc1
2.2.15
2.2.16
2.2.16.rc1
2.2.17
2.2.17.rc1
2.2.17.rc2
2.2.18
2.2.19
2.2.19.rc1
2.2.19.rc2
2.2.2
2.2.20
2.2.20.rc1
2.2.3
2.2.36
2.2.36.1
2.2.36.rc1
2.2.4
2.2.5
2.2.6
2.2.7
2.2.8
2.2.9
2.2.alpha1
2.2.beta1
2.2.beta2
2.2.rc1
2.2.rc2
2.2.rc3
2.2.rc4
2.2.rc5
2.2.rc6
2.2.rc7
2.3.5

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2019-7524.json"