CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2019-3814

Improper Certificate Validation

Published: Mar 27, 2019 | Modified: Nov 07, 2023
CVSS 3.x
6.8
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.x
4.9 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

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.

Weakness

The product does not validate, or incorrectly validates, a certificate.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Dovecot Dovecot 1.1.0 (including) 2.2.36.1 (excluding)
Dovecot Dovecot 2.3.0 (including) 2.3.4.1 (excluding)

Potential Mitigations

References