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CVE-2008-4870
dovecot 1.0.7 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5, and...
Vulnerability Description
dovecot 1.0.7 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5, and possibly Fedora, uses world-readable permissions for dovecot.conf, which allows local users to obtain the ssl_key_password parameter value.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32164
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/29/10
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33149
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46323
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=436287
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-16.xml
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0205.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33624
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10776
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Affected Vendor
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Vulnerable Versions:
1.0.7
Timeline
Official Publish:
October 31st, 2008
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.