CVE-2021-28374

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Summary

CVECVE-2021-28374
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-03-15 05:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-06-28 14:11:00 UTC
DescriptionThe Debian courier-authlib package before 0.71.1-2 for Courier Authentication Library creates a /run/courier/authdaemon directory with weak permissions, allowing an attacker to read user information. This may include a cleartext password in some configurations. In general, it includes the user's existence, uid and gids, home and/or Maildir directory, quota, and some type of password information (such as a hash).

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-732

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Canonical Courier-authlib All All All All
Application Debian Courier-authlib All All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
#984810 - courier-authlib: CVE-2021-28374: /run/courier/authdaemon directory with weak permissions - Debian Bug report logs MISC bugs.debian.org Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 2625-1] courier-authlib security update MLIST lists.debian.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 178542 Debian Security Update for courier-authlib (DLA 2625-1)
  • 180297 Debian Security Update for courier-authlib (CVE-2021-28374)

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