Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in Dovecot Indexer-Worker Process

Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in Dovecot Indexer-Worker Process

CVE-2019-7524 · HIGH Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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.

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