cve-2009-3897
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2009-11-24 17:00
Modified
2024-08-07 06:45
Severity ?
Summary
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.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00007.htmlMailing List
secalert@redhat.comhttp://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125871729029145&w=2Mailing List, Patch
secalert@redhat.comhttp://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125881481222441&w=2Mailing List
secalert@redhat.comhttp://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125900267208712&w=2Mailing List, Patch
secalert@redhat.comhttp://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125900271508796&w=2Mailing List
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/37443Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2009-November/000143.htmlMailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:306Not Applicable
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.osvdb.org/60316Broken Link
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37084Broken Link, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3306Patch, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54363Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00007.htmlMailing List
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125871729029145&w=2Mailing List, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125881481222441&w=2Mailing List
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125900267208712&w=2Mailing List, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125900271508796&w=2Mailing List
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/37443Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2009-November/000143.htmlMailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:306Not Applicable
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.osvdb.org/60316Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37084Broken Link, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3306Patch, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54363Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
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