CVE-2016-4983
Published on: 11/05/2019 12:00:00 AM UTC
Last Modified on: 03/23/2021 11:26:58 PM UTC
Certain versions of Dovecot from Dovecot contain the following vulnerability:
A postinstall script in the dovecot rpm allows local users to read the contents of newly created SSL/TLS key files.
- CVE-2016-4983 has been assigned by
[email protected] to track the vulnerability - currently rated as LOW severity.
- Affected Vendor/Software:
Fedora - dovecot22 version dovecot22-2.2.25-3.1
- Affected Vendor/Software:
Fedora - dovecot22 version dovecot22-2.2.18-9.1
- Affected Vendor/Software:
Fedora - dovecot22 version dovecot22-2.2.13-3.7.1
CVSS3 Score: 3.3 - LOW
Attack Vector ⓘ |
Attack Complexity |
Privileges Required |
User Interaction |
|
---|---|---|---|---|
LOCAL | LOW | LOW | NONE | |
Scope | Confidentiality Impact |
Integrity Impact |
Availability Impact |
|
UNCHANGED | LOW | NONE | NONE |
CVSS2 Score: 2.1 - LOW
Access Vector ⓘ |
Access Complexity |
Authentication |
---|---|---|
LOCAL | LOW | NONE |
Confidentiality Impact |
Integrity Impact |
Availability Impact |
PARTIAL | NONE | NONE |
CVE References
Description | Tags ⓘ | Link |
---|---|---|
openSUSE-SU-2016:2876-1: moderate: Security update for dovecot22 | Mailing List Third Party Advisory lists.opensuse.org text/html |
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Bug 984639 – VUL-1: CVE-2016-4983: dovecot insecure SSL/TLS key and certificate file creation | Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory bugzilla.suse.com text/html |
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1346055 – (CVE-2016-4983) CVE-2016-4983 dovecot insecure SSL/TLS key and certificate file creation | Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory bugzilla.redhat.com text/html |
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Known Affected Configurations (CPE V2.3)
Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Application | Dovecot | Dovecot | - | All | All | All |
Application | Dovecot | Dovecot | - | All | All | All |
Operating System | Opensuse | Leap | 42.1 | All | All | All |
Operating System | Opensuse | Leap | 42.2 | All | All | All |
Operating System | Opensuse | Leap | 42.1 | All | All | All |
Operating System | Opensuse | Leap | 42.2 | All | All | All |
Operating System | Opensuse | Opensuse | 13.2 | All | All | All |
Operating System | Opensuse | Opensuse | 13.2 | All | All | All |
Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux | 4.0 | All | All | All |
Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux | 5.0 | All | All | All |
Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux | 6.0 | All | All | All |
Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux | 7.0 | All | All | All |
Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux | 4.0 | All | All | All |
Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux | 5.0 | All | All | All |
Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux | 6.0 | All | All | All |
Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux | 7.0 | All | All | All |
- cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE