vulnerability
Red Hat: CVE-2019-19783: CVE-2019-19783 cyrus-imapd: lmtpd component created mailboxes with administrator privileges if the "fileinto" was used, bypassing ACL checks (Multiple Advisories)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N) | Dec 16, 2019 | Nov 5, 2020 | Aug 11, 2025 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
Dec 16, 2019
Added
Nov 5, 2020
Modified
Aug 11, 2025
Description
An issue was discovered in Cyrus IMAP before 2.5.15, 3.0.x before 3.0.13, and 3.1.x through 3.1.8. If sieve script uploading is allowed (3.x) or certain non-default sieve options are enabled (2.x), a user with a mail account on the service can use a sieve script containing a fileinto directive to create any mailbox with administrator privileges, because of folder mishandling in autosieve_createfolder() in imap/lmtp_sieve.c.
Solutions
no-fix-redhat-rpm-packageredhat-upgrade-cyrus-imapdredhat-upgrade-cyrus-imapd-debuginforedhat-upgrade-cyrus-imapd-debugsourceredhat-upgrade-cyrus-imapd-utilsredhat-upgrade-cyrus-imapd-utils-debuginforedhat-upgrade-cyrus-imapd-vzicredhat-upgrade-cyrus-imapd-vzic-debuginfo
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