vulnerability
Arch Linux: Authentication bypass (CVE-2019-3814)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N) | Mar 27, 2019 | Jul 11, 2025 | Nov 27, 2025 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Published
Mar 27, 2019
Added
Jul 11, 2025
Modified
Nov 27, 2025
Description
A vulnerability has been found in Dovecot versions prior to 2.3.4.1, allowing a remote client in possession of a trusted SSL certificate to log in as any user, in some configurations.
This affects only installations using auth_ssl_require_client_cert = yes and auth_ssl_username_from_cert = yes, and the the attacker might have access to a trusted certificate without the ssl_cert_username_field (default to commonName) set in it.
This affects only installations using auth_ssl_require_client_cert = yes and auth_ssl_username_from_cert = yes, and the the attacker might have access to a trusted certificate without the ssl_cert_username_field (default to commonName) set in it.
Solution
arch-linux-upgrade-latest
References
- CVE-2019-3814
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2019-3814
- URL-http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00067.html
- URL-https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3467
- URL-https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3814
- URL-https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4XLI55NGRDTGMVOPYFCPPFNPA5VKYSSY/
- URL-https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QHFZ5OWRIZGIWZJ5PTNVWWZNLLNH4XYS/
- URL-https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201902-1
- URL-https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-19
- URL-https://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot/2019-February/114575.html
- CWE-295
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