PT-2008-6429 · Dovecot · Dovecot

Stephan Bosch · Published 2008-12-01 · Updated 2017-08-08 · CVE-2008-5301

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.4

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Dovecot versions 1.0.15 through 1.2

Description The issue allows remote attackers to read and modify arbitrary .sieve files via a ".." (dot dot) in a script name. This is due to a directory traversal vulnerability in the ManageSieve implementation.

Recommendations For versions 1.0.15 through 1.2, update to a version that fixes the ManageSieve implementation to prevent directory traversal attacks.

Fix

Path traversal

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-22

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-5301

Affected Products

Dovecot

References · 11

• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-5301 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5301 · Vendor Advisory
• http://dovecot.org/list/dovecot/2008-November/035259.html · Patch
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/USN-838-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2008-5301 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5301 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32768 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/36904 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/32582 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46672 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3190 · Note