vulnerability
Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2019-11500: Security patch for dovecot (ALAS-2019-1347)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Aug 29, 2019 | Apr 27, 2020 | Nov 27, 2024 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Aug 29, 2019
Added
Apr 27, 2020
Modified
Nov 27, 2024
Description
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.
Solutions
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