CVE-2019-19722
Publication date 13 December 2019
Last updated 24 July 2024
Ubuntu priority
In Dovecot before 2.3.9.2, an attacker can crash a push-notification driver with a crafted email when push notifications are used, because of a NULL Pointer Dereference. The email must use a group address as either the sender or the recipient.
Mitigation
Disable push notifications
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| dovecot | ||
| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Not affected
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| 16.04 LTS xenial |
Not affected
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| 14.04 LTS trusty |
Not affected
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Notes
alexmurray
Only affects 2.3.9 according to upstream - original fix was incomplete so required extra fix in 2.3.9.2 release
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score |
5.3 · Medium
|
| Attack vector | Network |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | None |
| User interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | None |
| Integrity impact | None |
| Availability impact | Low |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |