CVE-2019-18928

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.

9.8

CVSS

Severity: Critical

CVSS 3.1 •

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 0.36%

Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
https://www.cyrusimap.org/imap/download/release-notes/3.0/x/3.0.12.html	release notes third party advisory patch
https://www.cyrusimap.org/imap/download/release-notes/2.5/x/2.5.14.html	release notes third party advisory patch
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PHV3TUU53WCKJ3BBRK2EHAF44MSZEFK6/	vendor advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LAGKPZDXQ6KRUGQVRAO6N4PCINP6KS5F/	vendor advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/06/msg00013.html	third party advisory mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2019-18928?: CVE-2019-18928 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2019-18928?: To fix CVE-2019-18928, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2019-18928 being actively exploited in the wild?: As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2019-18928 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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