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CVE-2019-11500

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.

Impact

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

VendorProductAffected versions
DovecotDovecot
before 2.2.36.4
from 2.3.0 before 2.3.7.2
DovecotPigeonhole
before 0.5.7.2
DebianDebian Linux
Version 8.0
FedoraprojectFedora
Version 30

Weakness classification

CWE-787

References