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Alpine: dovecot: security update to 2.2.36.3-r0

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 404163

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - 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. (CVE-2019-7524)

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2019-7524

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 404163

Version: Revision 1.29

Type: Local

Published: 10/31/2023

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.12

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-7524

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/28/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-7524

BID: 107672