Vulnerabilities
Misconfiguration
Compliance
CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2008-1199

Published: Mar 06, 2008 | Modified: Apr 09, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
4.4 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
3.7 LOW
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1199
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/16.html

Dovecot before 1.0.11, when configured to use mail_extra_groups to allow Dovecot to create dotlocks in /var/mail, might allow local users to read sensitive mail files for other users, or modify files or directories that are writable by group, via a symlink attack.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
DovecotDovecot0.99.13 (including)0.99.13 (including)
DovecotDovecot0.99.14 (including)0.99.14 (including)
DovecotDovecot1.0 (including)1.0 (including)
DovecotDovecot1.0.2 (including)1.0.2 (including)
DovecotDovecot1.0.3 (including)1.0.3 (including)
DovecotDovecot1.0.4 (including)1.0.4 (including)
DovecotDovecot1.0.5 (including)1.0.5 (including)
DovecotDovecot1.0.6 (including)1.0.6 (including)
DovecotDovecot1.0.7 (including)1.0.7 (including)
DovecotDovecot1.0.8 (including)1.0.8 (including)
DovecotDovecot1.0.9 (including)1.0.9 (including)
DovecotDovecot1.0.10 (including)1.0.10 (including)
DovecotDovecot1.0.beta2 (including)1.0.beta2 (including)
DovecotDovecot1.0.beta3 (including)1.0.beta3 (including)
DovecotDovecot1.0.beta7 (including)1.0.beta7 (including)
DovecotDovecot1.0.beta8 (including)1.0.beta8 (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_rc29 (including)1.0_rc29 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5RedHatdovecot-0:1.0.7-2.el5*
DovecotUbuntudapper*
DovecotUbuntudevel*
DovecotUbuntuedgy*
DovecotUbuntufeisty*
DovecotUbuntugutsy*
DovecotUbuntuupstream*

References

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