cve-2008-5301
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2008-12-01 17:00
Modified
2024-08-07 10:49
Severity ?
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/32768Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/36904
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot/2008-November/035259.htmlPatch
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32582
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-838-1
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3190
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46672
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/32768Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/36904
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot/2008-November/035259.htmlPatch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32582
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-838-1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3190
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46672
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