CVE-2021-28374 (GCVE-0-2021-28374)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-03-15 04:51 – Updated: 2024-08-03 21:40
VLAI?
Summary
The Debian courier-authlib package before 0.71.1-2 for Courier Authentication Library creates a /run/courier/authdaemon directory with weak permissions, allowing an attacker to read user information. This may include a cleartext password in some configurations. In general, it includes the user's existence, uid and gids, home and/or Maildir directory, quota, and some type of password information (such as a hash).
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
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