Vulnerabilities > CVE-2019-7524 - Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer vulnerability in multiple products

047910
CVSS 7.8 - HIGH
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
LOW
Confidentiality impact
HIGH
Integrity impact
HIGH
Availability impact
HIGH
local
low complexity
dovecot
debian
canonical
opensuse
CWE-119
nessus

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.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Dovecot
230
OS
Debian
2
OS
Canonical
4
OS
Opensuse
2

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables
    This attack pattern involves causing a buffer overflow through manipulation of environment variables. Once the attacker finds that they can modify an environment variable, they may try to overflow associated buffers. This attack leverages implicit trust often placed in environment variables.
  • Overflow Buffers
    Buffer Overflow attacks target improper or missing bounds checking on buffer operations, typically triggered by input injected by an attacker. As a consequence, an attacker is able to write past the boundaries of allocated buffer regions in memory, causing a program crash or potentially redirection of execution as per the attackers' choice.
  • Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow
    This type of attack exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in targeted client software through injection of malicious content from a custom-built hostile service.
  • Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow
    In this attack, the idea is to cause an active filter to fail by causing an oversized transaction. An attacker may try to feed overly long input strings to the program in an attempt to overwhelm the filter (by causing a buffer overflow) and hoping that the filter does not fail securely (i.e. the user input is let into the system unfiltered).
  • MIME Conversion
    An attacker exploits a weakness in the MIME conversion routine to cause a buffer overflow and gain control over the mail server machine. The MIME system is designed to allow various different information formats to be interpreted and sent via e-mail. Attack points exist when data are converted to MIME compatible format and back.

Nessus

  • NASL familyDebian Local Security Checks
    NASL idDEBIAN_DLA-1736.NASL
    descriptionA security vulnerability was discovered in the Dovecot email server. When reading FTS headers from the Dovecot index, the input buffer size is not bounds-checked. An attacker with the ability to modify dovecot indexes, can take advantage of this flaw for privilege escalation or the execution of arbitrary code with the permissions of the dovecot user. Only installations using the FTS plugins are affected. For Debian 8
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id123523
    published2019-04-01
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/123523
    titleDebian DLA-1736-1 : dovecot security update
    code
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
    # extracted from Debian Security Advisory DLA-1736-1. The text
    # itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(123523);
      script_version("1.2");
      script_cvs_date("Date: 2020/01/27");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2019-7524");
    
      script_name(english:"Debian DLA-1736-1 : dovecot security update");
      script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated packages.");
    
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"synopsis", 
        value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security update."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"description", 
        value:
    "A security vulnerability was discovered in the Dovecot email server.
    When reading FTS headers from the Dovecot index, the input buffer size
    is not bounds-checked. An attacker with the ability to modify dovecot
    indexes, can take advantage of this flaw for privilege escalation or
    the execution of arbitrary code with the permissions of the dovecot
    user. Only installations using the FTS plugins are affected.
    
    For Debian 8 'Jessie', this problem has been fixed in version
    1:2.2.13-12~deb8u6.
    
    We recommend that you upgrade your dovecot packages.
    
    NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description
    block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted
    to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without
    introducing additional issues."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00038.html"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/jessie/dovecot"
      );
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Upgrade the affected packages.");
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
      script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
      script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
      script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:dovecot-core");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:dovecot-dbg");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:dovecot-dev");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:dovecot-gssapi");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:dovecot-imapd");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:dovecot-ldap");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:dovecot-lmtpd");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:dovecot-lucene");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:dovecot-managesieved");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:dovecot-mysql");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:dovecot-pgsql");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:dovecot-pop3d");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:dovecot-sieve");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:dovecot-solr");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:dovecot-sqlite");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2019/03/28");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2019/03/29");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2019/04/01");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
      script_end_attributes();
    
      script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
      script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
      script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks");
    
      script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
      script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");
    
      exit(0);
    }
    
    
    include("audit.inc");
    include("debian_package.inc");
    
    
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian");
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
    
    
    flag = 0;
    if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"dovecot-core", reference:"1:2.2.13-12~deb8u6")) flag++;
    if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"dovecot-dbg", reference:"1:2.2.13-12~deb8u6")) flag++;
    if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"dovecot-dev", reference:"1:2.2.13-12~deb8u6")) flag++;
    if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"dovecot-gssapi", reference:"1:2.2.13-12~deb8u6")) flag++;
    if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"dovecot-imapd", reference:"1:2.2.13-12~deb8u6")) flag++;
    if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"dovecot-ldap", reference:"1:2.2.13-12~deb8u6")) flag++;
    if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"dovecot-lmtpd", reference:"1:2.2.13-12~deb8u6")) flag++;
    if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"dovecot-lucene", reference:"1:2.2.13-12~deb8u6")) flag++;
    if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"dovecot-managesieved", reference:"1:2.2.13-12~deb8u6")) flag++;
    if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"dovecot-mysql", reference:"1:2.2.13-12~deb8u6")) flag++;
    if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"dovecot-pgsql", reference:"1:2.2.13-12~deb8u6")) flag++;
    if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"dovecot-pop3d", reference:"1:2.2.13-12~deb8u6")) flag++;
    if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"dovecot-sieve", reference:"1:2.2.13-12~deb8u6")) flag++;
    if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"dovecot-solr", reference:"1:2.2.13-12~deb8u6")) flag++;
    if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"dovecot-sqlite", reference:"1:2.2.13-12~deb8u6")) flag++;
    
    if (flag)
    {
      if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:deb_report_get());
      else security_hole(0);
      exit(0);
    }
    else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
    
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idOPENSUSE-2019-1212.NASL
    descriptionThis update for dovecot23 fixes the following issue : Security issue fixed : - CVE-2019-7524: Fixed an improper file handling which could result in stack oveflow allowing local root escalation (bsc#1130116). This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id124105
    published2019-04-17
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/124105
    titleopenSUSE Security Update : dovecot23 (openSUSE-2019-1212)
    code
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
    # extracted from openSUSE Security Update openSUSE-2019-1212.
    #
    # The text description of this plugin is (C) SUSE LLC.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(124105);
      script_version("1.2");
      script_cvs_date("Date: 2020/01/23");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2019-7524");
    
      script_name(english:"openSUSE Security Update : dovecot23 (openSUSE-2019-1212)");
      script_summary(english:"Check for the openSUSE-2019-1212 patch");
    
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"synopsis", 
        value:"The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"description", 
        value:
    "This update for dovecot23 fixes the following issue :
    
    Security issue fixed :
    
      - CVE-2019-7524: Fixed an improper file handling which
        could result in stack oveflow allowing local root
        escalation (bsc#1130116).
    
    This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1130116"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"solution", 
        value:"Update the affected dovecot23 packages."
      );
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
      script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
      script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
      script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:dovecot23");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:dovecot23-backend-mysql");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:dovecot23-backend-mysql-debuginfo");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:dovecot23-backend-pgsql");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:dovecot23-backend-pgsql-debuginfo");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:dovecot23-backend-sqlite");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:dovecot23-backend-sqlite-debuginfo");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:dovecot23-debuginfo");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:dovecot23-debugsource");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:dovecot23-devel");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:dovecot23-fts");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:dovecot23-fts-debuginfo");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:dovecot23-fts-lucene");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:dovecot23-fts-lucene-debuginfo");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:dovecot23-fts-solr");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:dovecot23-fts-solr-debuginfo");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:dovecot23-fts-squat");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:dovecot23-fts-squat-debuginfo");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.0");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2019/03/28");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2019/04/16");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2019/04/17");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
      script_end_attributes();
    
      script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
      script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
      script_family(english:"SuSE Local Security Checks");
    
      script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
      script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/SuSE/release", "Host/SuSE/rpm-list", "Host/cpu");
    
      exit(0);
    }
    
    
    include("audit.inc");
    include("global_settings.inc");
    include("rpm.inc");
    
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
    release = get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/release");
    if (isnull(release) || release =~ "^(SLED|SLES)") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "openSUSE");
    if (release !~ "^(SUSE15\.0)$") audit(AUDIT_OS_RELEASE_NOT, "openSUSE", "15.0", release);
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
    
    ourarch = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
    if (!ourarch) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
    if (ourarch !~ "^(x86_64)$") audit(AUDIT_ARCH_NOT, "x86_64", ourarch);
    
    flag = 0;
    
    if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE15.0", reference:"dovecot23-2.3.3-lp150.8.2") ) flag++;
    if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE15.0", reference:"dovecot23-backend-mysql-2.3.3-lp150.8.2") ) flag++;
    if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE15.0", reference:"dovecot23-backend-mysql-debuginfo-2.3.3-lp150.8.2") ) flag++;
    if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE15.0", reference:"dovecot23-backend-pgsql-2.3.3-lp150.8.2") ) flag++;
    if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE15.0", reference:"dovecot23-backend-pgsql-debuginfo-2.3.3-lp150.8.2") ) flag++;
    if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE15.0", reference:"dovecot23-backend-sqlite-2.3.3-lp150.8.2") ) flag++;
    if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE15.0", reference:"dovecot23-backend-sqlite-debuginfo-2.3.3-lp150.8.2") ) flag++;
    if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE15.0", reference:"dovecot23-debuginfo-2.3.3-lp150.8.2") ) flag++;
    if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE15.0", reference:"dovecot23-debugsource-2.3.3-lp150.8.2") ) flag++;
    if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE15.0", reference:"dovecot23-devel-2.3.3-lp150.8.2") ) flag++;
    if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE15.0", reference:"dovecot23-fts-2.3.3-lp150.8.2") ) flag++;
    if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE15.0", reference:"dovecot23-fts-debuginfo-2.3.3-lp150.8.2") ) flag++;
    if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE15.0", reference:"dovecot23-fts-lucene-2.3.3-lp150.8.2") ) flag++;
    if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE15.0", reference:"dovecot23-fts-lucene-debuginfo-2.3.3-lp150.8.2") ) flag++;
    if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE15.0", reference:"dovecot23-fts-solr-2.3.3-lp150.8.2") ) flag++;
    if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE15.0", reference:"dovecot23-fts-solr-debuginfo-2.3.3-lp150.8.2") ) flag++;
    if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE15.0", reference:"dovecot23-fts-squat-2.3.3-lp150.8.2") ) flag++;
    if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE15.0", reference:"dovecot23-fts-squat-debuginfo-2.3.3-lp150.8.2") ) flag++;
    
    if (flag)
    {
      if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
      else security_hole(0);
      exit(0);
    }
    else
    {
      tested = pkg_tests_get();
      if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
      else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "dovecot23 / dovecot23-backend-mysql / etc");
    }
    
  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2019-9E004DECEA.NASL
    descriptiondovecot updated to 2.3.6, includes several security fixes Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id125910
    published2019-06-14
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/125910
    titleFedora 30 : 1:dovecot (2019-9e004decea)
    code
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
    # extracted from Fedora Security Advisory FEDORA-2019-9e004decea.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(125910);
      script_version("1.3");
      script_cvs_date("Date: 2020/01/10");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2019-11494", "CVE-2019-11499", "CVE-2019-3814", "CVE-2019-7524");
      script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2019-9e004decea");
    
      script_name(english:"Fedora 30 : 1:dovecot (2019-9e004decea)");
      script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated package.");
    
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"synopsis", 
        value:"The remote Fedora host is missing a security update."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"description", 
        value:
    "dovecot updated to 2.3.6, includes several security fixes
    
    Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding
    description block directly from the Fedora update system website.
    Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as
    possible without introducing additional issues."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2019-9e004decea"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"solution", 
        value:"Update the affected 1:dovecot package."
      );
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
      script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
      script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
      script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:1:dovecot");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:30");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2019/03/27");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2019/06/14");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2019/06/14");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
      script_end_attributes();
    
      script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
      script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
      script_family(english:"Fedora Local Security Checks");
    
      script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
      script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list");
    
      exit(0);
    }
    
    
    include("audit.inc");
    include("global_settings.inc");
    include("rpm.inc");
    
    
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
    release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release");
    if (isnull(release) || "Fedora" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora");
    os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "Fedora.*release ([0-9]+)", string:release);
    if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Fedora");
    os_ver = os_ver[1];
    if (! preg(pattern:"^30([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora 30", "Fedora " + os_ver);
    
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
    
    
    cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
    if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
    if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Fedora", cpu);
    
    
    flag = 0;
    if (rpm_check(release:"FC30", reference:"dovecot-2.3.6-3.fc30", epoch:"1")) flag++;
    
    
    if (flag)
    {
      security_report_v4(
        port       : 0,
        severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
        extra      : rpm_report_get()
      );
      exit(0);
    }
    else
    {
      tested = pkg_tests_get();
      if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
      else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "1:dovecot");
    }
    
  • NASL familyHuawei Local Security Checks
    NASL idEULEROS_SA-2019-1280.NASL
    descriptionAccording to the versions of the dovecot packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities : - It was discovered that Dovecot incorrectly handled client certificates. A remote attacker in possession of a valid certificate with an empty username field could possibly use this issue to impersonate other users.(CVE-2019-3814) - 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) Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-05-06
    modified2019-04-30
    plugin id124376
    published2019-04-30
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/124376
    titleEulerOS 2.0 SP5 : dovecot (EulerOS-SA-2019-1280)
    code
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(124376);
      script_version("1.4");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/05/04");
    
      script_cve_id(
        "CVE-2019-3814",
        "CVE-2019-7524"
      );
    
      script_name(english:"EulerOS 2.0 SP5 : dovecot (EulerOS-SA-2019-1280)");
      script_summary(english:"Checks the rpm output for the updated packages.");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
    "The remote EulerOS host is missing multiple security updates.");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
    "According to the versions of the dovecot packages installed, the
    EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following
    vulnerabilities :
    
      - It was discovered that Dovecot incorrectly handled
        client certificates. A remote attacker in possession of
        a valid certificate with an empty username field could
        possibly use this issue to impersonate other
        users.(CVE-2019-3814)
    
      - 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)
    
    Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding
    description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable
    has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible
    without introducing additional issues.");
      # https://developer.huaweicloud.com/ict/en/site-euleros/euleros/security-advisories/EulerOS-SA-2019-1280
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?ca21d234");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
    "Update the affected dovecot packages.");
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
      script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
      script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
      script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2019/04/03");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2019/04/30");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:dovecot");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:dovecot-mysql");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:dovecot-pgsql");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:dovecot-pigeonhole");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:huawei:euleros:2.0");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
      script_end_attributes();
    
      script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
      script_family(english:"Huawei Local Security Checks");
    
      script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
    
      script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
      script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/EulerOS/release", "Host/EulerOS/rpm-list", "Host/EulerOS/sp");
      script_exclude_keys("Host/EulerOS/uvp_version");
    
      exit(0);
    }
    
    include("audit.inc");
    include("global_settings.inc");
    include("rpm.inc");
    
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
    
    release = get_kb_item("Host/EulerOS/release");
    if (isnull(release) || release !~ "^EulerOS") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "EulerOS");
    if (release !~ "^EulerOS release 2\.0(\D|$)") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "EulerOS 2.0");
    
    sp = get_kb_item("Host/EulerOS/sp");
    if (isnull(sp) || sp !~ "^(5)$") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "EulerOS 2.0 SP5");
    
    uvp = get_kb_item("Host/EulerOS/uvp_version");
    if (!empty_or_null(uvp)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "EulerOS 2.0 SP5", "EulerOS UVP " + uvp);
    
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/EulerOS/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
    
    cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
    if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
    if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && "aarch64" >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "EulerOS", cpu);
    if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_ARCH_NOT, "i686 / x86_64", cpu);
    
    flag = 0;
    
    pkgs = ["dovecot-2.2.10-8.h4.eulerosv2r7",
            "dovecot-mysql-2.2.10-8.h4.eulerosv2r7",
            "dovecot-pgsql-2.2.10-8.h4.eulerosv2r7",
            "dovecot-pigeonhole-2.2.10-8.h4.eulerosv2r7"];
    
    foreach (pkg in pkgs)
      if (rpm_check(release:"EulerOS-2.0", sp:"5", reference:pkg)) flag++;
    
    if (flag)
    {
      security_report_v4(
        port       : 0,
        severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
        extra      : rpm_report_get()
      );
      exit(0);
    }
    else
    {
      tested = pkg_tests_get();
      if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
      else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "dovecot");
    }
    
  • NASL familyScientific Linux Local Security Checks
    NASL idSL_20200407_DOVECOT_ON_SL7_X.NASL
    description* dovecot: Improper certificate validation * dovecot: Buffer overflow in indexer-worker process results in privilege escalation
    last seen2020-04-30
    modified2020-04-21
    plugin id135805
    published2020-04-21
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/135805
    titleScientific Linux Security Update : dovecot on SL7.x x86_64 (20200407)
  • NASL familyCentOS Local Security Checks
    NASL idCENTOS_RHSA-2020-1062.NASL
    descriptionThe remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2020:1062 advisory. - dovecot: Improper certificate validation (CVE-2019-3814) - dovecot: Buffer overflow in indexer-worker process results in privilege escalation (CVE-2019-7524) Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application
    last seen2020-06-06
    modified2020-04-10
    plugin id135329
    published2020-04-10
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/135329
    titleCentOS 7 : dovecot (CESA-2020:1062)
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idSUSE_SU-2019-0876-1.NASL
    descriptionThis update for dovecot23 fixes the following issue : Security issue fixed : CVE-2019-7524: Fixed an improper file handling which could result in stack oveflow allowing local root escalation (bsc#1130116). Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id123784
    published2019-04-05
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/123784
    titleSUSE SLES15 Security Update : dovecot23 (SUSE-SU-2019:0876-1)
  • NASL familyRed Hat Local Security Checks
    NASL idREDHAT-RHSA-2020-1062.NASL
    descriptionThe remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2020:1062 advisory. - dovecot: Improper certificate validation (CVE-2019-3814) - dovecot: Buffer overflow in indexer-worker process results in privilege escalation (CVE-2019-7524) Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application
    last seen2020-04-23
    modified2020-03-31
    plugin id135038
    published2020-03-31
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/135038
    titleRHEL 7 : dovecot (RHSA-2020:1062)
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idSUSE_SU-2019-0900-1.NASL
    descriptionThis update for dovecot22 fixes the following issues : Security issues fixed : CVE-2019-7524: Fixed an improper file handling which could result in stack overflow allowing local root escalation (bsc#1130116). CVE-2019-3814: Fixed a vulnerability related to SSL client certificate authentication (bsc#1123022). Other issue fixed: Fixed handling of command continuation(bsc#1111789) Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id123926
    published2019-04-09
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/123926
    titleSUSE SLES12 Security Update : dovecot22 (SUSE-SU-2019:0900-1)
  • NASL familyFreeBSD Local Security Checks
    NASL idFREEBSD_PKG_7862213C515211E98B26A4BADB296695.NASL
    descriptionAki Tuomi reports : Vulnerability Details : When reading FTS or POP3-UIDL header from dovecot index, the input buffer size is not bound, and data is copied to target structure causing stack overflow. Risk : This can be used for local root privilege escalation or executing arbitrary code in dovecot process context. This requires ability to directly modify dovecot indexes. Steps to reproduce : Produce dovecot.index.log entry that creates an FTS header which has more than 12 bytes of data. Trigger dovecot indexer-worker or run doveadm index. Dovecot will crash. Mitigations : Since 2.3.0 dovecot has been compiled with stack smash protection, ASLR, read-only GOT tables and other techniques that make exploiting this bug much harder.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id123481
    published2019-03-29
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/123481
    titleFreeBSD : dovecot -- Buffer overflow reading extension header (7862213c-5152-11e9-8b26-a4badb296695)
  • NASL familyGentoo Local Security Checks
    NASL idGENTOO_GLSA-201904-19.NASL
    descriptionThe remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201904-19 (Dovecot: Multiple vulnerabilities) Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Dovecot. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Impact : Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id124132
    published2019-04-18
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/124132
    titleGLSA-201904-19 : Dovecot: Multiple vulnerabilities
  • NASL familyHuawei Local Security Checks
    NASL idEULEROS_SA-2019-1569.NASL
    descriptionAccording to the versions of the dovecot packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities : - It was discovered that Dovecot incorrectly handled client certificates. A remote attacker in possession of a valid certificate with an empty username field could possibly use this issue to impersonate other users.(CVE-2019-3814) - 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) Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-05-06
    modified2019-05-29
    plugin id125496
    published2019-05-29
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/125496
    titleEulerOS 2.0 SP3 : dovecot (EulerOS-SA-2019-1569)
  • NASL familyUbuntu Local Security Checks
    NASL idUBUNTU_USN-3928-1.NASL
    descriptionIt was discovered that Dovecot incorrectly handled reading certain headers from the index. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to escalate privileges. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id123641
    published2019-04-02
    reporterUbuntu Security Notice (C) 2019-2020 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/123641
    titleUbuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 18.10 : dovecot vulnerability (USN-3928-1)
  • NASL familyHuawei Local Security Checks
    NASL idEULEROS_SA-2019-1644.NASL
    descriptionAccording to the versions of the dovecot packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities : - 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) - 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.(CVE-2019-10691) Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-05-03
    modified2019-06-27
    plugin id126271
    published2019-06-27
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/126271
    titleEulerOS 2.0 SP8 : dovecot (EulerOS-SA-2019-1644)
  • NASL familyDebian Local Security Checks
    NASL idDEBIAN_DSA-4418.NASL
    descriptionA vulnerability was discovered in the Dovecot email server. When reading FTS or POP3-UIDL headers from the Dovecot index, the input buffer size is not bounds-checked. An attacker with the ability to modify dovecot indexes, can take advantage of this flaw for privilege escalation or the execution of arbitrary code with the permissions of the dovecot user. Only installations using the FTS or pop3 migration plugins are affected.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id123530
    published2019-04-01
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/123530
    titleDebian DSA-4418-1 : dovecot - security update
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idOPENSUSE-2019-1220.NASL
    descriptionThis update for dovecot22 fixes the following issues : Security issues fixed : - CVE-2019-7524: Fixed an improper file handling which could result in stack overflow allowing local root escalation (bsc#1130116). - CVE-2019-3814: Fixed a vulnerability related to SSL client certificate authentication (bsc#1123022). Other issue fixed : - Fixed handling of command continuation (bsc#1111789). This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12:Update update project.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id124142
    published2019-04-18
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/124142
    titleopenSUSE Security Update : dovecot22 (openSUSE-2019-1220)
  • NASL familyAmazon Linux Local Security Checks
    NASL idALA_ALAS-2020-1363.NASL
    descriptionIn 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) It was discovered that Dovecot before versions 2.2.36.1 and 2.3.4.1 incorrectly handled client certificates. A remote attacker in possession of a valid certificate with an empty username field could possibly use this issue to impersonate other users. (CVE-2019-3814)
    last seen2020-05-21
    modified2020-05-15
    plugin id136624
    published2020-05-15
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/136624
    titleAmazon Linux AMI : dovecot (ALAS-2020-1363)
  • NASL familyHuawei Local Security Checks
    NASL idEULEROS_SA-2019-1279.NASL
    descriptionAccording to the versions of the dovecot packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities : - It was discovered that Dovecot incorrectly handled client certificates. A remote attacker in possession of a valid certificate with an empty username field could possibly use this issue to impersonate other users.(CVE-2019-3814) - 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) Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-05-06
    modified2019-04-30
    plugin id124375
    published2019-04-30
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/124375
    titleEulerOS 2.0 SP2 : dovecot (EulerOS-SA-2019-1279)

Redhat

advisories
bugzilla
id1696152
titleCVE-2019-7524 dovecot: Buffer overflow in indexer-worker process results in privilege escalation
oval
OR
  • commentRed Hat Enterprise Linux must be installed
    ovaloval:com.redhat.rhba:tst:20070304026
  • AND
    • commentRed Hat Enterprise Linux 7 is installed
      ovaloval:com.redhat.rhba:tst:20150364027
    • OR
      • AND
        • commentdovecot-pigeonhole is earlier than 1:2.2.36-6.el7
          ovaloval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20201062001
        • commentdovecot-pigeonhole is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
          ovaloval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20110600006
      • AND
        • commentdovecot-pgsql is earlier than 1:2.2.36-6.el7
          ovaloval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20201062003
        • commentdovecot-pgsql is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
          ovaloval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20110600004
      • AND
        • commentdovecot-mysql is earlier than 1:2.2.36-6.el7
          ovaloval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20201062005
        • commentdovecot-mysql is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
          ovaloval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20110600002
      • AND
        • commentdovecot is earlier than 1:2.2.36-6.el7
          ovaloval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20201062007
        • commentdovecot is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
          ovaloval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20110600008
      • AND
        • commentdovecot-devel is earlier than 1:2.2.36-6.el7
          ovaloval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20201062009
        • commentdovecot-devel is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
          ovaloval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20110600010
rhsa
idRHSA-2020:1062
released2020-03-31
severityModerate
titleRHSA-2020:1062: dovecot security and bug fix update (Moderate)
rpms
  • dovecot-1:2.2.36-6.el7
  • dovecot-debuginfo-1:2.2.36-6.el7
  • dovecot-devel-1:2.2.36-6.el7
  • dovecot-mysql-1:2.2.36-6.el7
  • dovecot-pgsql-1:2.2.36-6.el7
  • dovecot-pigeonhole-1:2.2.36-6.el7

References