CVE-2009-3897
Dovecot 1.2.x before 1.2.8 sets 0777 permissions during creation of certain directories at installation time, which allows local users to access arbitrary user accounts by replacing the auth socket, related to the parent directories of the base_dir directory, and possibly the base_dir directory itself.
- Score
- CVSS 3.1 5.5 Medium
- Status
- Modified - secalert@redhat.com
- Published
- 2009-11-24
- Last modified
- 2024-08-07
- Weaknesses
- CWE-732
Affected products
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00007.html
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125871729029145&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125881481222441&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125900267208712&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125900271508796&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37443
- http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2009-November/000143.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:306
- http://www.osvdb.org/60316
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37084
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3306
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54363
