CVEvulnerability

CVE-2019-3814

6.8 MEDIUM Published 2019-03-27 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2019-03-27
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
7.7 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
6.8 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.9 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-295

Description

It was discovered that Dovecot before versions 2.2.36.1 and 2.3.4.1 incorrectly handled client certificates. A remote attacker in possession of a valid certificate with an empty username field could possibly use this issue to impersonate other users.

Affected configurations

• dovecot dovecot (>= 1.1.0 < 2.2.36.1) • dovecot dovecot (>= 2.3.0 < 2.3.4.1) • canonical ubuntu linux 12.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 14.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 16.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 18.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 18.10 • opensuse leap 42.3

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-295 Improper Certificate Validation weakness

References