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Medium USN-7224-1 3 CVEs

cyrus-imapd vulnerabilities

Published Jan 22, 2025 · Updated Apr 27, 2026

Summary

It was discovered that non-authentication-related HTTP requests could be
interpreted in an authentication context by a Cyrus IMAP Server when
multiple requests arrived over the same connection. An unauthenticated
attacker could possibly use this issue to perform a privilege escalation
attack. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2019-18928)

Matthew Horsfall discovered that Cyrus IMAP Server utilized a poor string
hashing algorithm that could be abused to control where data was being
stored. An attacker could possibly use this issue to perform a denial of
service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.
(CVE-2021-33582)

Damian Poddebniak discovered that Cyrus IMAP Server could interpret
specially crafted commands to exploit a memory issue. An authenticated
attacker could possibly use this issue to perform a denial of service.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS.
(CVE-2024-34055)

Fixed packages 4

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · Pro 18.04 LTS Pro:18.04:LTS cyrus-imapd 2.5.10-3ubuntu1.1+esm1
Ubuntu · Pro 20.04 LTS Pro:20.04:LTS cyrus-imapd 3.0.13-5ubuntu0.1~esm1
Ubuntu · Pro 22.04 LTS Pro:22.04:LTS cyrus-imapd 3.4.3-3ubuntu0.1+esm1
Ubuntu · Pro 24.04 LTS Pro:24.04:LTS cyrus-imapd 3.8.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

Vulnerabilities 3

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-18928
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-33582
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-34055