CVE-2011-2167 (GCVE-0-2011-2167)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2011-05-24 23:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 22:53
VLAI
Summary
script-login in Dovecot 2.0.x before 2.0.13 does not follow the chroot configuration setting, which might allow remote authenticated users to conduct directory traversal attacks by leveraging a script.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot/2011-May/059… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0520.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://secunia.com/advisories/52311 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48003 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/18/4 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
Date Public
2011-05-11 00:00
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