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Ubuntu: USN-3928-1 (CVE-2019-7524): Dovecot vulnerability

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Ubuntu: USN-3928-1 (CVE-2019-7524): Dovecot vulnerability

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
02/05/2019
Created
04/22/2019
Added
04/04/2019
Modified
03/02/2020

Description

In Dovecot before 2.2.36.3 and 2.3.x before 2.3.5.1, a local attacker can cause a buffer overflow in the indexer-worker process, which can be used to elevate to root. This occurs because of missing checks in the fts and pop3-uidl components.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-dovecot-core

References

  • USN-3928-1
  • CVE-2019-7524

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