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CVE-2019-18928

Published: Nov 15, 2019Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVDNVD-CWE-noinfo
9.8CRITICAL
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
2.4%
Top 17.6%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

Cyrus IMAP 2.5.x before 2.5.14 and 3.x before 3.0.12 allows privilege escalation because an HTTP request may be interpreted in the authentication context of an unrelated previous request that arrived over the same connection.

No summary for this CVE yet.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

Affected Products

cyrus
oss-projectaka cyrus imapd, sasl, cyrus imap, imapd
imapOn-prem
Communications / email-server-client
fedoraproject
oss-project·USaka fedora project
fedoraOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
debian
oss-project·GBaka debian gnu/linux
debian linuxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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References

https://www.cyrusimap.org/imap/download/release-notes/3.0/x/3.0.12.html
cyrusimap.org
https://www.cyrusimap.org/imap/download/release-notes/2.5/x/2.5.14.html
cyrusimap.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PHV3TUU53WCKJ3BBRK2EHAF44MSZEFK6/
lists.fedoraproject.org
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