CVE-2019-10691 Affecting dovecot23-backend-pgsql package, versions <2.3.3-4.13.1
Threat Intelligence
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- published14 Apr 2022
- disclosed23 Apr 2019
Introduced: 23 Apr 2019
CVE-2019-10691 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade SLES:15.0 dovecot23-backend-pgsql to version 2.3.3-4.13.1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream dovecot23-backend-pgsql package and not the dovecot23-backend-pgsql package as distributed by SLES.
See How to fix? for SLES:15.0 relevant fixed versions and status.
The JSON encoder in Dovecot before 2.3.5.2 allows attackers to repeatedly crash the authentication service by attempting to authenticate with an invalid UTF-8 sequence as the username.
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-10691.html
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/1132501
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QHFZ5OWRIZGIWZJ5PTNVWWZNLLNH4XYS/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00000.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/04/18/3
- https://dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2019-April/000406.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QHFZ5OWRIZGIWZJ5PTNVWWZNLLNH4XYS/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-29