Description
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.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
n/a n/a
n/aaffected
References
- https://www.dovecot.org/security.html ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/08/28/3 ↗
- https://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot-news/2019-August/000417.html ↗
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00035.html ↗
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3GYTZLLDNIFWT7D7JSB25ERJNMOR4CQ3/ ↗
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-29 ↗
- 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 ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00026.html ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00024.html ↗