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Cyrus IMAP 2.5.x < 2.5.14, 3.0.x < 3.0.12 Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
General
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
5.8
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
4 years ago
Modified
Modified
4 years ago
Summary
Cyrus IMAP is prone to a privilege escalation vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
The vulnerability exists because an HTTP request may be interpreted in the authentication context of an unrelated previous request that arrived over the same connection.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Cyrus IMAP versions 2.5.0 to 2.5.13 and 3.0.0 to 3.0.11.
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
Update to version 2.5.14, 3.0.12 or later.