CVE-2013-6171
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Dec 9, 2013
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Oct 18, 2013
Description
checkpassword-reply in Dovecot before 2.2.7 performs setuid operations to a user who is authenticating, which allows local users to bypass authentication and access virtual email accounts by attaching to the process and using a restricted file descriptor to modify account information in the response to the dovecot-auth server.
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
- http://cpanel.net/tsr-2013-0010-full-disclosure/
- http://wiki2.dovecot.org/AuthDatabase/CheckPassword#Security
- USN-3556-2vendor-advisory
- 54808third-party-advisory
- [Dovecot-news] 20131103 v2.2.7 releasedmailing-list
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