CVE-2008-4870

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-4870
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-11-01 00:00:00 UTC
Updated2022-02-03 19:58:00 UTC
Descriptiondovecot 1.0.7 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5, and possibly Fedora, uses world-readable permissions for dovecot.conf, which allows local users to obtain the ssl_key_password parameter value.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-732

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Dovecot Dovecot 1.0.7 All All All
Application Dovecot Dovecot 1.0.7 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 5.0 All All All
Operating System Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 All All All
Operating System Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - CVE Request (dovecot) MLIST www.openwall.com
436287 – dovecot.conf is world readable - possible password exposure CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com
Dovecot: Multiple vulnerabilities — Gentoo Linux Documentation GENTOO security.gentoo.org
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Dovecot ACL Plugin Security Bypass Security Issues - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
Gentoo update for dovecot - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
Support REDHAT www.redhat.com
Security Advisory SA33624 - Red Hat update for dovecot - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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