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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2019-11500): Dovecot vulnerability

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2019-11500): Dovecot vulnerability

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
08/28/2019
Created
08/30/2019
Added
08/29/2019
Modified
03/22/2023

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)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-dovecot-core

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