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GHSA-89R5-2FHC-HWJ7

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-02 03:49 – Updated: 2024-02-08 15:30

Details

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.

Severity

5.5 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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  "modified": "2024-02-08T15:30:26Z",
  "published": "2022-05-02T03:49:44Z",
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CVE-2009-3897 (GCVE-0-2009-3897)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-11-24 17:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 06:45

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

redhat

References

12 references

URL	Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/37443	third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.osvdb.org/60316	vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125881481222441&w=2	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2009-Nov…	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3306	vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125900267208712&w=2	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125871729029145&w=2	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37084	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125900271508796&w=2	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit…	vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Date Public

2009-11-20 00:00

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GHSA-89R5-2FHC-HWJ7

CVE-2009-3897 (GCVE-0-2009-3897)

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