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CVE-2019-11500

critical

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.

References

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-29

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YSJVVVRAE3SITC2ZLGCPMFDN3WVYZBWF/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KVHY3MU2OK2EWZJFGNDSAOMD42L7DFPX/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3GYTZLLDNIFWT7D7JSB25ERJNMOR4CQ3/

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00035.html

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2885

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2836

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2822

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00026.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00024.html

https://www.dovecot.org/security.html

https://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot-news/2019-August/000417.html

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/08/28/3

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2019-08-29

Updated: 2023-11-07

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.48593