CVE-2008-5301

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-5301
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-12-01 17:30:01 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionDirectory traversal vulnerability in the ManageSieve implementation in Dovecot 1.0.15, 1.1, and 1.2 allows remote attackers to read and modify arbitrary .sieve files via a ".." (dot dot) in a script name.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.4 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-22 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Dovecot Dovecot 0.99.13 All All All
Application Dovecot Dovecot 0.99.14 All All All
Application Dovecot Dovecot 1.0 All All All
Application Dovecot Dovecot 1.0.10 All All All
Application Dovecot Dovecot 1.0.12 All All All
Application Dovecot Dovecot 1.0.2 All All All
Application Dovecot Dovecot 1.0.3 All All All
Application Dovecot Dovecot 1.0.4 All All All
Application Dovecot Dovecot 1.0.5 All All All
Application Dovecot Dovecot 1.0.6 All All All
Application Dovecot Dovecot 1.0.7 All All All
Application Dovecot Dovecot 1.0.8 All All All
Application Dovecot Dovecot 1.0.9 All All All
Application Dovecot Dovecot 1.1 All All All
Application Dovecot Dovecot 1.1 rc2 All All
Application Dovecot Dovecot 1.1.0 All All All
Application Dovecot Dovecot 1.1.1 All All All
Application Dovecot Dovecot 1.1.2 All All All
Application Dovecot Dovecot 1.1.3 All All All
Application Dovecot Dovecot 1.1.4 All All All
Application Dovecot Dovecot 1.1.5 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Dovecot ManageSieve Service '.sieve' Files Directory Traversal Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Ubuntu update for dovecot - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Dovecot ManageSieve Directory Traversal Security Issue - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
[Dovecot] ManageSieve SECURITY hole: virtual users can edit scripts of other virtual users (all versions) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.dovecot.org Patch
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
USN-838-1: Dovecot vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2008-12-02Tomas HogerNot vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of dovecot as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, or 5. Those packages do not include ManageSieve server.

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