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CVE-2013-6171

checkpassword-reply in Dovecot before 2.2.7 performs setuid operations to a user who is authenticating, which allows local users to bypass authentication and access virtual email accounts by attaching to the process and using a restricted file descriptor to modify account information in the response to the dovecot-auth server.

Published

2013-12-09T16:36:47.097

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 5.8 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

  • Access Vector: NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: MEDIUM
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact: NONE
Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

4.9

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-287
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application dovecot dovecot ≤ 2.2.6 Yes
Application dovecot dovecot 2.0 Yes
Application dovecot dovecot 2.0.0 Yes
Application dovecot dovecot 2.0.1 Yes
Application dovecot dovecot 2.0.2 Yes
Application dovecot dovecot 2.0.3 Yes
Application dovecot dovecot 2.0.4 Yes
Application dovecot dovecot 2.0.5 Yes
Application dovecot dovecot 2.0.6 Yes
Application dovecot dovecot 2.0.7 Yes
Application dovecot dovecot 2.0.8 Yes
Application dovecot dovecot 2.0.9 Yes
Application dovecot dovecot 2.0.10 Yes
Application dovecot dovecot 2.0.11 Yes
Application dovecot dovecot 2.0.12 Yes
Application dovecot dovecot 2.0.13 Yes
Application dovecot dovecot 2.0.14 Yes
Application dovecot dovecot 2.0.15 Yes
Application dovecot dovecot 2.1 Yes
Application dovecot dovecot 2.1 Yes
Application dovecot dovecot 2.1 Yes
Application dovecot dovecot 2.1 Yes
Application dovecot dovecot 2.1 Yes
Application dovecot dovecot 2.1 Yes
Application dovecot dovecot 2.1.0 Yes
Application dovecot dovecot 2.1.1 Yes
Application dovecot dovecot 2.1.2 Yes
Application dovecot dovecot 2.1.3 Yes
Application dovecot dovecot 2.1.4 Yes
Application dovecot dovecot 2.1.5 Yes
Application dovecot dovecot 2.1.6 Yes
Application dovecot dovecot 2.1.7 Yes
Application dovecot dovecot 2.1.10 Yes
Application dovecot dovecot 2.1.11 Yes
Application dovecot dovecot 2.1.12 Yes
Application dovecot dovecot 2.1.13 Yes
Application dovecot dovecot 2.1.14 Yes
Application dovecot dovecot 2.1.15 Yes
Application dovecot dovecot 2.2 Yes
Application dovecot dovecot 2.2 Yes
Application dovecot dovecot 2.2 Yes
Application dovecot dovecot 2.2 Yes
Application dovecot dovecot 2.2 Yes
Application dovecot dovecot 2.2 Yes
Application dovecot dovecot 2.2 Yes
Application dovecot dovecot 2.2.0 Yes
Application dovecot dovecot 2.2.1 Yes
Application dovecot dovecot 2.2.2 Yes
Application dovecot dovecot 2.2.3 Yes
Application dovecot dovecot 2.2.4 Yes
Application dovecot dovecot 2.2.5 Yes
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