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CVE-2008-4870

dovecot 1.0.7 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5, and possibly Fedora, uses world-readable permissions for dovecot.conf, which allows loc…

Published 18 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
2.1
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
0.4%
percentile 31%
Public exploits
0
none known

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.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.37% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 31% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD2.02.1AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

References

  • secunia.com /advisories/32164 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred
  • openwall.com /lists/oss-security/2008/10/29/10 · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
  • secunia.com /advisories/33149 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred
  • exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/46323 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF, x_transferred
  • bugzilla.redhat.com /show_bug.cgi?id=436287 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • security.gentoo.org /glsa/glsa-200812-16.xml · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO, x_transferred
  • redhat.com /support/errata/RHSA-2009-0205.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
  • secunia.com /advisories/33624 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred
  • oval.cisecurity.org /repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10776 · vdb-entry, signature, x_refsource_OVAL, x_transferred

Sources

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