CVE-2019-3814
Estado: ModificadaMedia (6.8)—
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.
CVSS
- Versión: 3.0
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- Puntuación base: 6.8
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 2.42%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 84
- Fecha de la puntuación: 7/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (3)
CWE
- CWE-295
- CWE-295
Referencias
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00067.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3467
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3814
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4XLI55NGRDTGMVOPYFCPPFNPA5VKYSSY/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QHFZ5OWRIZGIWZJ5PTNVWWZNLLNH4XYS/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-19
- https://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot/2019-February/114575.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00067.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3467
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3814
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4XLI55NGRDTGMVOPYFCPPFNPA5VKYSSY/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QHFZ5OWRIZGIWZJ5PTNVWWZNLLNH4XYS/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-19
- https://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot/2019-February/114575.html
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