CVE-2019-7524
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2019-03-28 13:45
Modified
2024-08-04 20:54
Severity ?
EPSS score ?
Summary
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.
References
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