CVE-2008-5301 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2008-5301

Directory traversal vulnerability in the ManageSieve implementation in Dovecot 1.0.15,...

Vulnerability Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the ManageSieve implementation in Dovecot 1.0.15, 1.1, and 1.2 allows remote attackers to read and modify arbitrary .sieve files via a ".." (dot dot) in a script name.

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

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

dovecot
Vulnerable Versions:
0.99.13, 0.99.14, 1.0, 1.0.2, 1.0.3, 1.0.4, 1.0.5, 1.0.6, 1.0.7, 1.0.8, 1.0.9, 1.0.10, 1.0.12, 1.1, 1.1.0, 1.1.1, 1.1.2, 1.1.3, 1.1.4, 1.1.5

Timeline

Official Publish: December 1st, 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.