CVE-2008-1218
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2008-1218 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | mitre |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2008-03-10 23:44:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC |
| Description | Argument injection vulnerability in Dovecot 1.0.x before 1.0.13, and 1.1.x before 1.1.rc3, when using blocking passdbs, allows remote attackers to bypass the password check via a password containing TAB characters, which are treated as argument delimiters that enable the skip_password_check field to be specified. |
Risk And Classification
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
NetworkAccess Complexity
MediumAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
PartialIntegrity
PartialAvailability
PartialAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fedora update for dovecot - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| Dovecot: Multiple vulnerabilities — Gentoo Linux Documentation | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | security.gentoo.org | |
| Dovecot IMAP 1.0.10 <= 1.1rc2 Remote Email Disclosure Exploit | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.exploit-db.com | |
| Dovecot 'Tab' Character Password Check Security Bypass Vulnerability | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | |
| SecurityFocus | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | |
| USN-593-1: Dovecot vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | usn.ubuntu.com | |
| [Dovecot-news] v1.0.13 and v1.1.rc3 released | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.dovecot.org | |
| Gentoo update for dovecot - Advisories - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| rPath update for dovecot - Advisories - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| Ubuntu update for dovecot - Advisories - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2341 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | issues.rpath.com | |
| IBM X-Force Exchange | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com | |
| Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1516-1 dovecot | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.debian.org | |
| [SECURITY] Fedora 8 Update: dovecot-1.0.13-6.fc8 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.redhat.com | |
| [SECURITY] Fedora 7 Update: dovecot-1.0.13-18.fc7 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.redhat.com | |
| [Dovecot-news] Security hole #6: Some passdbs allowed users to log in without a valid password | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.dovecot.org | |
| Advisories:rPSA-2008-0108 - rPath Wiki | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | wiki.rpath.com | |
| Debian update for dovecot - Advisories - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| [security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2008:020 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.opensuse.org | |
| Dovecot Authentication Bypass Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| SUSE update for dovecot and graphicsmagic - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
Vendor Comments And Credit
| Organization | Published | Contributor | Statement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat | 2008-03-12 | Joshua Bressers | Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect versions of Dovecot as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 or 5. |
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.