4.4
CVSSv2

CVE-2008-1199

Published: 06/03/2008 Updated: 11/10/2018
CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.4 | Impact Score: 6.4 | Exploitability Score: 3.4
VMScore: 392
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Summary

Dovecot prior to 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.

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dovecot dovecot 1.0.4

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dovecot dovecot 1.0.beta7

dovecot dovecot 1.0.beta8

dovecot dovecot 1.0.rc2

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dovecot dovecot 1.0_rc29

dovecot dovecot 1.0

dovecot dovecot 1.0.10

dovecot dovecot 1.0.8

dovecot dovecot 1.0.9

dovecot dovecot 1.0.rc11

dovecot dovecot 1.0.rc12

dovecot dovecot 1.0.rc13

dovecot dovecot 1.0.rc6

dovecot dovecot 1.0.rc7

dovecot dovecot 0.99.13

dovecot dovecot 0.99.14

dovecot dovecot 1.0.6

dovecot dovecot 1.0.7

dovecot dovecot 1.0.rc1

dovecot dovecot 1.0.rc10

dovecot dovecot 1.0.rc4

dovecot dovecot 1.0.rc5

dovecot dovecot 1.0.2

dovecot dovecot 1.0.3

dovecot dovecot 1.0.beta2

dovecot dovecot 1.0.beta3

dovecot dovecot 1.0.rc14

dovecot dovecot 1.0.rc15

dovecot dovecot 1.0.rc8

dovecot dovecot 1.0.rc9

Vendor Advisories

It was discovered that the default configuration of dovecot could allow access to any email files with group “mail” without verifying that a user had valid rights An attacker able to create symlinks in their mail directory could exploit this to read or delete another user’s email (CVE-2008-1199) ...