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Medium
CVE-2009-3897
Dovecot 1.2.x before 1.2.8 sets 0777 permissions during creation of...
Vulnerability Description
Dovecot 1.2.x before 1.2.8 sets 0777 permissions during creation of certain directories at installation time, which allows local users to access arbitrary user accounts by replacing the auth socket, related to the parent directories of the base_dir directory, and possibly the base_dir directory itself.
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/37443
- http://www.osvdb.org/60316
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125881481222441&w=2
- http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2009-November/000143.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00007.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3306
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125900267208712&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125871729029145&w=2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37084
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:306
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125900271508796&w=2
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54363
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
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Vulnerable Versions:
1.2.0
Timeline
Official Publish:
November 24th, 2009
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.