CVE-2019-7524
HIGH7.8EPSS 0.09%dovecot - security update
Published: 3/28/2019Modified: 12/3/2025
Also known as:ALPINE-CVE-2019-7524DEBIAN-CVE-2019-7524
Description
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.
Affected packages (4)
- Alpine/dovecotfrom 0, < 2.3.5.1-r0
- Debian/dovecotfrom 0, < 1:2.3.4.1-3
- Debian/dovecotfrom 0, < 1:2.2.13-12~deb8u6
- Debian/dovecotfrom 0, < 1:2.2.27-3+deb9u4
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |