Impact: Moderate Public Date: 2019-03-28 CWE: CWE-120->CWE-284 Bugzilla: 1696152: CVE-2019-7524 dovecot: buffer overflow in indexer-worker process results in privilege escalation 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.
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Find out more about CVE-2019-7524 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
| CVSS3 Base Score | 7.8 |
|---|---|
| CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| Attack Vector | Local |
| Attack Complexity | Low |
| Privileges Required | Low |
| User Interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | High |
| Integrity Impact | High |
| Availability Impact | High |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | dovecot | Under investigation |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | dovecot | Under investigation |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | dovecot | Under investigation |
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