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CVE-2025-59031

MEDIUM
4.3
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

Dovecot has provided a script to use for attachment to text conversion. This script unsafely handles zip-style attachments. Attacker can use specially crafted OOXML documents to cause unintended files on the system to be indexed and subsequently ending up in FTS indexes. Do not use the provided script, instead, use something else like FTS tika. No publicly available exploits are known.

How to fix

Remediation Available
dovecotDebian
Fixed in:1:2.3.13+dfsg1-2+deb11u3CVE-2025-59031
Fixed in:1:2.3.19.1+dfsg1-2.1+deb12u2CVE-2025-59031
Fixed in:1:2.4.1+dfsg1-6+deb13u4CVE-2025-59031
Fixed in:1:2.4.3+dfsg1-1CVE-2025-59031
dovecotUbuntu
Fixed in:1:2.3.16+dfsg1-3ubuntu2.7USN-8136-1
Fixed in:1:2.3.21+dfsg1-2ubuntu6.3USN-8136-1
Fixed in:1:2.4.1+dfsg1-5ubuntu4.1USN-8136-1
dovecot-coreUbuntu
Fixed in:1:2.3.16+dfsg1-3ubuntu2.7USN-8136-1
Fixed in:1:2.3.21+dfsg1-2ubuntu6.3USN-8136-1
Fixed in:1:2.4.1+dfsg1-5ubuntu4.1USN-8136-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

0.28%probability of exploitation in 30 days
20thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 20% of all known CVEs.

References

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