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SUSE: CVE-2019-11500: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2019-11500: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
08/28/2019
Created
09/26/2019
Added
09/25/2019
Modified
10/22/2021

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.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-dovecot22
  • suse-upgrade-dovecot22-backend-mysql
  • suse-upgrade-dovecot22-backend-pgsql
  • suse-upgrade-dovecot22-backend-sqlite
  • suse-upgrade-dovecot22-devel
  • suse-upgrade-dovecot23
  • suse-upgrade-dovecot23-backend-mysql
  • suse-upgrade-dovecot23-backend-pgsql
  • suse-upgrade-dovecot23-backend-sqlite
  • suse-upgrade-dovecot23-devel
  • suse-upgrade-dovecot23-fts
  • suse-upgrade-dovecot23-fts-lucene
  • suse-upgrade-dovecot23-fts-solr
  • suse-upgrade-dovecot23-fts-squat

References

  • SUSE-SU-2019:2454-1
  • SUSE-SU-2019:2514-1
  • CVE-2019-11500
  • USN-4110-1
  • USN-4110-2
  • USN-4110-3
  • USN-4110-4
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