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CVE-2008-1199

Dovecot before 1.0.11, when configured to use mail_extra_groups to allow Dovecot to create dotlocks in /var/mail, might allow local users to read sensitive mail files for other users, or modify files or directories that are writable by group, via a symlink attack.

Published

2008-03-06T21:44:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 4.4 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

3.4

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-16
CWE-59

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	dovecot	dovecot	0.99.13	Yes
Application	dovecot	dovecot	0.99.14	Yes
Application	dovecot	dovecot	1.0	Yes
Application	dovecot	dovecot	1.0.2	Yes
Application	dovecot	dovecot	1.0.3	Yes
Application	dovecot	dovecot	1.0.4	Yes
Application	dovecot	dovecot	1.0.5	Yes
Application	dovecot	dovecot	1.0.6	Yes
Application	dovecot	dovecot	1.0.7	Yes
Application	dovecot	dovecot	1.0.8	Yes
Application	dovecot	dovecot	1.0.9	Yes
Application	dovecot	dovecot	1.0.10	Yes
Application	dovecot	dovecot	1.0.beta2	Yes
Application	dovecot	dovecot	1.0.beta3	Yes
Application	dovecot	dovecot	1.0.beta7	Yes
Application	dovecot	dovecot	1.0.beta8	Yes
Application	dovecot	dovecot	1.0.rc1	Yes
Application	dovecot	dovecot	1.0.rc2	Yes
Application	dovecot	dovecot	1.0.rc3	Yes
Application	dovecot	dovecot	1.0.rc4	Yes
Application	dovecot	dovecot	1.0.rc5	Yes
Application	dovecot	dovecot	1.0.rc6	Yes
Application	dovecot	dovecot	1.0.rc7	Yes
Application	dovecot	dovecot	1.0.rc8	Yes
Application	dovecot	dovecot	1.0.rc9	Yes
Application	dovecot	dovecot	1.0.rc10	Yes
Application	dovecot	dovecot	1.0.rc11	Yes
Application	dovecot	dovecot	1.0.rc12	Yes
Application	dovecot	dovecot	1.0.rc13	Yes
Application	dovecot	dovecot	1.0.rc14	Yes
Application	dovecot	dovecot	1.0.rc15	Yes
Application	dovecot	dovecot	1.0_rc29	Yes

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00004.html ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/29226 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/29385 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/29396 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/29557 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/30342 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/32151 ([email protected])
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-25.xml ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1516 ([email protected])
http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2008-March/000061.html Patch ([email protected])
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0297.html ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489133/100/0/threaded ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28092 Patch ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41009 ([email protected])
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10739 ([email protected])
https://usn.ubuntu.com/593-1/ ([email protected])
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00358.html ([email protected])
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00381.html ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00004.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/29226 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/29385 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/29396 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/29557 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/30342 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/32151 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-25.xml (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1516 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2008-March/000061.html Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0297.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489133/100/0/threaded (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28092 Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41009 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10739 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://usn.ubuntu.com/593-1/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00358.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00381.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)