Check Point Advisories

Dovecot And Pigeonhole Remote Code Execution (CVE-2019-11500)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2019-1682
Date Published:	1 Mar 2020
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Tuesday 21 April, 2020
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2019-11500
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	Dovecot prior to 2.2.36.4 Dovecot prior to 2.3.7.2 Dovecot Pigeonhole prior to 0.5.7.2
Vulnerability Description	A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Dovecot and Pigeonhole. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected system.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R80 / R77 / R75

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Dovecot And Pigeonhole Remote Code Execution (CVE-2019-11500) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: Application Servers Protection Violation.
Attack Information: Dovecot And Pigeonhole Remote Code Execution (CVE-2019-11500)