vulnerability
Red Hat: CVE-2019-11500: CVE-2019-11500 dovecot: improper NULL byte handling in IMAP and ManageSieve protocol parsers leads to out of bounds writes (Multiple Advisories)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Aug 29, 2019 | Sep 23, 2019 | Mar 27, 2026 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Aug 29, 2019
Added
Sep 23, 2019
Modified
Mar 27, 2026
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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