CVE-2007-2231 (GCVE-0-2007-2231)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2007-04-25 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 13:33
VLAI
Summary
Directory traversal vulnerability in index/mbox/mbox-storage.c in Dovecot before 1.0.rc29, when using the zlib plugin, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary gzipped (.gz) mailboxes (mbox files) via a .. (dot dot) sequence in the mailbox name.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
References
URL Tags
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-487-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://secunia.com/advisories/30342 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-02… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23552 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1359 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://dovecot.org/doc/NEWS x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://dovecot.org/list/dovecot-cvs/2007-March/00… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/def… vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1452 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2007-March/0… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://secunia.com/advisories/25072 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/466168/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Date Public
2007-04-18 00:00
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