CVE-2013-6171
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2013-6171 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | mitre |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2013-12-09 16:36:47 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC |
| 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. |
Risk And Classification
Primary CVSS: v2.0 5.8 from [email protected]
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
EPSS: 0.002450000 probability, percentile 0.476770000 (date 2026-04-29)
Problem Types: CWE-287 | n/a
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
NetworkAccess Complexity
MediumAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
PartialIntegrity
PartialAvailability
NoneAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | Dovecot | Dovecot | 2.0 | beta1 | All | All |
| Application | Dovecot | Dovecot | 2.0.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Dovecot | Dovecot | 2.0.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Dovecot | Dovecot | 2.0.10 | All | All | All |
| Application | Dovecot | Dovecot | 2.0.11 | All | All | All |
| Application | Dovecot | Dovecot | 2.0.12 | All | All | All |
| Application | Dovecot | Dovecot | 2.0.13 | All | All | All |
| Application | Dovecot | Dovecot | 2.0.14 | All | All | All |
| Application | Dovecot | Dovecot | 2.0.15 | All | All | All |
| Application | Dovecot | Dovecot | 2.0.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Dovecot | Dovecot | 2.0.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Dovecot | Dovecot | 2.0.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Dovecot | Dovecot | 2.0.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Dovecot | Dovecot | 2.0.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Dovecot | Dovecot | 2.0.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Dovecot | Dovecot | 2.0.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Dovecot | Dovecot | 2.0.9 | All | All | All |
| Application | Dovecot | Dovecot | 2.1 | rc1 | All | All |
| Application | Dovecot | Dovecot | 2.1 | rc2 | All | All |
| Application | Dovecot | Dovecot | 2.1 | rc3 | All | All |
| Application | Dovecot | Dovecot | 2.1 | rc5 | All | All |
| Application | Dovecot | Dovecot | 2.1 | rc6 | All | All |
| Application | Dovecot | Dovecot | 2.1 | rc7 | All | All |
| Application | Dovecot | Dovecot | 2.1.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Dovecot | Dovecot | 2.1.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Dovecot | Dovecot | 2.1.10 | All | All | All |
| Application | Dovecot | Dovecot | 2.1.11 | All | All | All |
| Application | Dovecot | Dovecot | 2.1.12 | All | All | All |
| Application | Dovecot | Dovecot | 2.1.13 | All | All | All |
| Application | Dovecot | Dovecot | 2.1.14 | All | All | All |
| Application | Dovecot | Dovecot | 2.1.15 | All | All | All |
| Application | Dovecot | Dovecot | 2.1.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Dovecot | Dovecot | 2.1.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Dovecot | Dovecot | 2.1.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Dovecot | Dovecot | 2.1.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Dovecot | Dovecot | 2.1.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Dovecot | Dovecot | 2.1.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Dovecot | Dovecot | 2.2 | rc1 | All | All |
| Application | Dovecot | Dovecot | 2.2 | rc2 | All | All |
| Application | Dovecot | Dovecot | 2.2 | rc3 | All | All |
| Application | Dovecot | Dovecot | 2.2 | rc4 | All | All |
| Application | Dovecot | Dovecot | 2.2 | rc5 | All | All |
| Application | Dovecot | Dovecot | 2.2 | rc6 | All | All |
| Application | Dovecot | Dovecot | 2.2 | rc7 | All | All |
| Application | Dovecot | Dovecot | 2.2.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Dovecot | Dovecot | 2.2.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Dovecot | Dovecot | 2.2.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Dovecot | Dovecot | 2.2.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Dovecot | Dovecot | 2.2.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Dovecot | Dovecot | 2.2.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Dovecot | Dovecot | All | All | All | All |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| TSR 2013-0010 Full Disclosure | cPanel, Inc. | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | cpanel.net | |
| AuthDatabase/CheckPassword - Dovecot Wiki | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | wiki2.dovecot.org | |
| [Dovecot-news] v2.2.7 released | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.dovecot.org | Patch |
| USN-3556-2: Dovecot vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | usn.ubuntu.com | |
| About Secunia Research | Flexera | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Vendor Advisory |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.