CVE-2020-24386 (GCVE-0-2020-24386)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-01-04 16:25 – Updated: 2024-08-04 15:12
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Summary
An issue was discovered in Dovecot before 2.3.13. By using IMAP IDLE, an authenticated attacker can trigger unhibernation via attacker-controlled parameters, leading to access to other users' email messages (and path disclosure).
Severity
6.8 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
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