DEBIAN-CVE-2019-11500

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-11500
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2019-11500.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2019-11500
Upstream
Published
2019-08-29T14:15:11Z
Modified
2025-09-30T03:54:33Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

In Dovecot before 2.2.36.4 and 2.3.x before 2.3.7.2 (and Pigeonhole before 0.5.7.2), protocol processing can fail for quoted strings. This occurs because '\0' characters are mishandled, and can lead to out-of-bounds writes and remote code execution.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / dovecot

Package

Name
dovecot
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/dovecot?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:2.3.7.2-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / dovecot

Package

Name
dovecot
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/dovecot?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:2.3.7.2-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / dovecot

Package

Name
dovecot
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/dovecot?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:2.3.7.2-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / dovecot

Package

Name
dovecot
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/dovecot?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:2.3.7.2-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}