CVE-2019-19783

cyrus-imapd: lmtpd component created mailboxes with administrator privileges if the "fileinto" was used, bypassing ACL checks

Published Dec 16, 2019 CVSS 3.1 · 6.5 Medium EPSS 1.7% KEV · Not listed
Description
An issue was discovered in Cyrus IMAP before 2.5.15, 3.0.x before 3.0.13, and 3.1.x through 3.1.8. 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.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4590-1 cyrus-imapd security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2019-9382 An issue was discovered in Cyrus IMAP before 2.5.15, 3.0.x before 3.0.13, and 3.1.x through 3.1.8. 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4566-1 Cyrus IMAP Server vulnerabilities
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00705}

epss

{'score': 0.01032}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2024, 2:25 AM
Reserved
Dec 13, 2019, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Dec 16, 2019, 2:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 2:27 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Dec 19, 2019, 12:00 AM