CVE-2009-3897
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Nov 24, 2009
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Reserved
- Nov 5, 2009
Description
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.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- 37443third-party-advisory
- 60316vdb-entry
- [oss-security] 20091121 CVE Request - Dovecot - 1.2.8mailing-list
- [dovecot-news] 20091120 v1.2.8 releasedmailing-list
- SUSE-SR:2010:001vendor-advisory
- ADV-2009-3306vdb-entry
- [oss-security] 20091123 Re: CVE request: v1.2.8 released to fix the 0777 base_dir creation issuemailing-list
- [oss-security] 20091120 CVE request: v1.2.8 released to fix the 0777 base_dir creation issuemailing-list
- 37084vdb-entry
- MDVSA-2009:306vendor-advisory
- [oss-security] 20091123 Re: CVE Request - Dovecot - 1.2.8mailing-list
- dovecot-basedir-privilege-escalation(54363)vdb-entry
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