CVE-2019-11500

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    CVE-2019-11500

    Published: 29 Aug 2019Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: In Dovecot before 2.2.36.4 and 2.3.x before 2.3.7.2 (and Pigeonhole before 0.5.7.2), protocol processing can fail for quoted strings. This occurs because '\0' characters are mishandled, and can lead to out-of-bounds writes and remote code execution.

    References: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00024.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00026.html, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3GYTZLLDNIFWT7D7JSB25ERJNMOR4CQ3/, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KVHY3MU2OK2EWZJFGNDSAOMD42L7DFPX/, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YSJVVVRAE3SITC2ZLGCPMFDN3WVYZBWF/, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2822, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2836, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2885, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00035.html, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-29, https://www.dovecot.org/security.html, https://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot-news/2019-August/000417.html, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/08/28/3

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -baf9232c12705b02bcfc12493f61e0f2d23612a0

    Affected versions

    2.3.7.1
    2.3.7

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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