CVE-2017-12843

Cyrus IMAP before 3.0.3 allows remote authenticated users to write to arbitrary files via a crafted (1) SYNCAPPLY, (2) SYNCGET or (3) SYNCRESTORE command.

• CWE-20

• https://github.com/cyrusimap/cyrus-imapd/commit/53c4137bd924b954432c6c59da7572c4c5ffa901Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/cyrusimap/cyrus-imapd/commit/5edadcfb83bf27107578830801817f9e6d0ad941Third Party Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6M32R5QPCCNT57BVH3NPV5WVJFSTDP7Q/
• https://www.cyrusimap.org/imap/download/release-notes/3.0/x/3.0.3.htmlRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/cyrusimap/cyrus-imapd/commit/53c4137bd924b954432c6c59da7572c4c5ffa901Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/cyrusimap/cyrus-imapd/commit/5edadcfb83bf27107578830801817f9e6d0ad941Third Party Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6M32R5QPCCNT57BVH3NPV5WVJFSTDP7Q/
• https://www.cyrusimap.org/imap/download/release-notes/3.0/x/3.0.3.htmlRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory

Published

Aug 22, 2017

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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