Security advisory

{
  "id": "bbad514fea26a8755ec29e09422f5ed812071769b1f60f61cf8851367e9b1929",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-11499",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2019-11499",
    "summary": "In the IMAP Server in Dovecot 2.3.3 through 2.3.5.2, the submission-login component crashes if AUTH PLAIN is attempted over a TLS secured channel with an unacceptable authentication message.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2019-11499",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2019-11499",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2019-11499"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/dovecot/core",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "dcead646b5f3e1b66fb463c2ea9469f9fc608b4c"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "38c8f1daff9edd8a79d1f523abcdda84d874e496"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "2.3.3"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "2.3.5.2"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2019-11499.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:25.516987203Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "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://www.dovecot.org/download.html",
        "https://www.dovecot.org/security.html"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "unresolved_ranges": [
          {
            "cpes": [
              "cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:29:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
              "cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "fedoraproject:fedora",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "introduced": "29"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "29"
                  },
                  {
                    "introduced": "30"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "30"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "CPE_STRING"
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "cpes": [
              "cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
              "cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "opensuse:leap",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "introduced": "15.0"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "15.0"
                  },
                  {
                    "introduced": "15.1"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "15.1"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "CPE_STRING"
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2019-11499",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 431375,
  "published_at": "2019-05-08T17:29:00.223+00:00"
}