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CVE-2007-2231

Published: Apr 25, 2007 | Modified: Apr 09, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-2231
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

Directory traversal vulnerability in index/mbox/mbox-storage.c in Dovecot before 1.0.rc29, when using the zlib plugin, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary gzipped (.gz) mailboxes (mbox files) via a .. (dot dot) sequence in the mailbox name.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
DovecotDovecot1.0.beta1 (including)1.0.beta1 (including)
DovecotDovecot1.0.beta2 (including)1.0.beta2 (including)
DovecotDovecot1.0.beta3 (including)1.0.beta3 (including)
DovecotDovecot1.0.beta4 (including)1.0.beta4 (including)
DovecotDovecot1.0.beta5 (including)1.0.beta5 (including)
DovecotDovecot1.0.beta6 (including)1.0.beta6 (including)
DovecotDovecot1.0.beta7 (including)1.0.beta7 (including)
DovecotDovecot1.0.beta8 (including)1.0.beta8 (including)
DovecotDovecot1.0.beta9 (including)1.0.beta9 (including)
DovecotDovecot1.0.rc1 (including)1.0.rc1 (including)
DovecotDovecot1.0.rc2 (including)1.0.rc2 (including)
DovecotDovecot1.0.rc3 (including)1.0.rc3 (including)
DovecotDovecot1.0.rc4 (including)1.0.rc4 (including)
DovecotDovecot1.0.rc5 (including)1.0.rc5 (including)
DovecotDovecot1.0.rc6 (including)1.0.rc6 (including)
DovecotDovecot1.0.rc7 (including)1.0.rc7 (including)
DovecotDovecot1.0.rc8 (including)1.0.rc8 (including)
DovecotDovecot1.0.rc9 (including)1.0.rc9 (including)
DovecotDovecot1.0.rc10 (including)1.0.rc10 (including)
DovecotDovecot1.0.rc11 (including)1.0.rc11 (including)
DovecotDovecot1.0.rc12 (including)1.0.rc12 (including)
DovecotDovecot1.0.rc13 (including)1.0.rc13 (including)
DovecotDovecot1.0.rc14 (including)1.0.rc14 (including)
DovecotDovecot1.0.rc15 (including)1.0.rc15 (including)
DovecotDovecot1.0.rc16 (including)1.0.rc16 (including)
DovecotDovecot1.0.rc17 (including)1.0.rc17 (including)
DovecotDovecot1.0.rc18 (including)1.0.rc18 (including)
DovecotDovecot1.0.rc19 (including)1.0.rc19 (including)
DovecotDovecot1.0.rc20 (including)1.0.rc20 (including)
DovecotDovecot1.0.rc21 (including)1.0.rc21 (including)
DovecotDovecot1.0.rc22 (including)1.0.rc22 (including)
DovecotDovecot1.0.rc23 (including)1.0.rc23 (including)
DovecotDovecot1.0.rc24 (including)1.0.rc24 (including)
DovecotDovecot1.0.rc25 (including)1.0.rc25 (including)
DovecotDovecot1.0.rc26 (including)1.0.rc26 (including)
DovecotDovecot1.0.rc27 (including)1.0.rc27 (including)
DovecotDovecot1.0.rc28 (including)1.0.rc28 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5RedHatdovecot-0:1.0.7-2.el5*
DovecotUbuntudapper*
DovecotUbuntuedgy*
DovecotUbuntufeisty*
DovecotUbuntuupstream*

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