Out-of-Bounds Affecting dovecot-devel package, versions <1:2.2.36-6.amzn2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (12th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-DOVECOTDEVEL-1683000
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed28 Mar 2019

Introduced: 28 Mar 2019

CVE-2019-7524  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 dovecot-devel to version 1:2.2.36-6.amzn2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2020-1473.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream dovecot-devel package and not the dovecot-devel package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.