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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.143263
Category:General
Title:Cyrus IMAP 2.5.x < 2.5.15, 3.0.x < 3.0.13 ACL Bypass Vulnerability
Summary:Cyrus IMAP is prone to an ACL bypass vulnerability.
Description:Summary:
Cyrus IMAP is prone to an ACL bypass vulnerability.

Vulnerability Insight:
If sieve script uploading is allowed (3.x) or certain non-default sieve
options are enabled (2.x), a user with a mail account on the service can use a sieve script containing a
fileinto directive to create any mailbox with administrator privileges, because of folder mishandling in
autosieve_createfolder() in imap/lmtp_sieve.c.

Affected Software/OS:
Cyrus IMAP versions 2.5.0 - 2.5.14 and 3.0.0 - 3.0.12.

Solution:
Update to version 2.5.15, 3.0.13 or later.

CVSS Score:
3.5

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2019-19783
Bugtraq: 20191219 [SECURITY] [DSA 4590-1] cyrus-imapd security update (Google Search)
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Dec/38
Debian Security Information: DSA-4590 (Google Search)
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4590
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2DIV4HQ6LG5GPRO4B5Z2NHCZUPBUVVVF/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6IGOO5UGEBBDPN7B2YXLK7I7L3Y35EBA/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202006-23
https://www.cyrusimap.org/imap/download/release-notes/2.5/x/2.5.15.html
https://www.cyrusimap.org/imap/download/release-notes/3.0/x/3.0.13.html
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4566-1/
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