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CVE-2019-18928

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Description

Cyrus IMAP 2.5.x before 2.5.14 and 3.x before 3.0.12 allows privilege escalation because an HTTP request may be interpreted in the authentication context of an unrelated previous request that arrived over the same connection.

References

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https://www.cyrusimap.org/imap/download/release-notes/3.0/x/3.0.12.html

https://www.cyrusimap.org/imap/download/release-notes/2.5/x/2.5.14.html

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PHV3TUU53WCKJ3BBRK2EHAF44MSZEFK6/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LAGKPZDXQ6KRUGQVRAO6N4PCINP6KS5F/

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/06/msg00013.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2019-11-15

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: 0.00523

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