4.4
CVSSv2

CVE-2009-2632

Published: 08/09/2009 Updated: 19/09/2017
CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.4 | Impact Score: 6.4 | Exploitability Score: 3.4
VMScore: 392
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Summary

Buffer overflow in the SIEVE script component (sieve/script.c), as used in cyrus-imapd in Cyrus IMAP Server 2.2.13 and 2.3.14, and Dovecot 1.0 prior to 1.0.4 and 1.1 prior to 1.1.7, allows local users to execute arbitrary code and read or modify arbitrary messages via a crafted SIEVE script, related to the incorrect use of the sizeof operator for determining buffer length, combined with an integer signedness error.

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Vendor Advisories

Debian Bug report logs - #546656 CVE-2009-3235: Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the Sieve plugin in Dovecot Package: dovecot-common; Maintainer for dovecot-common is (unknown); Reported by: Pascal Volk <user@localhostlocaldomainorg> Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2009 21:18:02 UTC Severity: grave Tags: patch, security, upstr ...
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It was discovered that the SIEVE component of dovecot, a mail server that supports mbox and maildir mailboxes, is vulnerable to a buffer overflow when processing SIEVE scripts This can be used to elevate privileges to the dovecot system user An attacker who is able to install SIEVE scripts executed by the server is therefore able to read and modi ...