CVE-2020-24386

Summary

CVECVE-2020-24386
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-01-04 17:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:19:00 UTC
DescriptionAn issue was discovered in Dovecot before 2.3.13. By using IMAP IDLE, an authenticated attacker can trigger unhibernation via attacker-controlled parameters, leading to access to other users' email messages (and path disclosure).

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Application Dovecot Dovecot All All All All
Application Dovecot Dovecot All All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 32 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: dovecot-2.3.13-2.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4825-1 dovecot DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Hibernation — Dovecot documentation MISC doc.dovecot.org Vendor Advisory
[Dovecot-news] CVE-2020-24386: IMAP hibernation allows accessing other peoples mail CONFIRM dovecot.org Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
Dovecot: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 202101-01) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
Dovecot 2.3.11.3 Access Bypass ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
oss-security - CVE-2020-24386: Dovecot: IMAP hibernation allows accessing other peoples mail CONFIRM www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: dovecot-2.3.13-2.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
Full Disclosure: CVE-2020-24386: IMAP hibernation allows accessing other peoples mail FULLDISC seclists.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Dovecot | Security MISC dovecot.org Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 159226 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for dovecot (ELSA-2021-1887)
  • 174719 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security update for dovecot23 (SUSE-SU-2021:0028-1)
  • 174720 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security update for dovecot23 (SUSE-SU-2021:0027-1)
  • 239290 Red Hat Update for dovecot (RHSA-2021:1887)
  • 377163 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for dovecot (ALINUX3-SA-2022:0115)
  • 500155 Alpine Linux Security Update for dovecot
  • 503805 Alpine Linux Security Update for dovecot
  • 690394 Free Berkeley Software Distribution (FreeBSD) Security Update for mail/dovecot (bd98066d-4ea4-11eb-b412-e86a64caca56)
  • 750429 OpenSUSE Security Update for dovecot23 (openSUSE-SU-2021:0072-1)
  • 750445 OpenSUSE Security Update for dovecot23 (openSUSE-SU-2021:0026-1)
  • 751070 OpenSUSE Security Update for dovecot23 (openSUSE-SU-2021:2892-1)
  • 751078 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for dovecot23 (SUSE-SU-2021:2890-1)
  • 751080 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for dovecot23 (SUSE-SU-2021:2891-1)
  • 751091 OpenSUSE Security Update for dovecot23 (openSUSE-SU-2021:1225-1)
  • 940267 AlmaLinux Security Update for dovecot (ALSA-2021:1887)
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