vulnerability
Red Hat: CVE-2019-7524: Moderate: dovecot security and bug fix update (RHSA-2020:1062)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Mar 28, 2019 | Apr 1, 2020 | Jul 9, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Mar 28, 2019
Added
Apr 1, 2020
Modified
Jul 9, 2025
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.
Solutions
no-fix-redhat-rpm-packageredhat-upgrade-dovecotredhat-upgrade-dovecot-debuginforedhat-upgrade-dovecot-develredhat-upgrade-dovecot-mysqlredhat-upgrade-dovecot-pgsqlredhat-upgrade-dovecot-pigeonhole
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