FKIE_CVE-2008-1218
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2008-03-10 23:44 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:51
Severity
Summary
Argument injection vulnerability in Dovecot 1.0.x before 1.0.13, and 1.1.x before 1.1.rc3, when using blocking passdbs, allows remote attackers to bypass the password check via a password containing TAB characters, which are treated as argument delimiters that enable the skip_password_check field to be specified.
References
{
"affected": [
{
"affectedData": [
{
"product": "n/a",
"vendor": "n/a",
"versions": [
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "n/a"
}
]
}
],
"source": "cve@mitre.org"
}
],
"configurations": [
{
"nodes": [
{
"cpeMatch": [
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"matchCriteriaId": "B61FA0DF-B597-448D-9274-F881D3DF2372",
"versionEndIncluding": "1.0.12",
"vulnerable": true
},
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:*:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"matchCriteriaId": "88124DE0-578C-4E06-8E80-E59F18B7C1D3",
"versionEndIncluding": "1.1",
"vulnerable": true
}
],
"negate": false,
"operator": "OR"
}
]
}
],
"cveTags": [],
"descriptions": [
{
"lang": "en",
"value": "Argument injection vulnerability in Dovecot 1.0.x before 1.0.13, and 1.1.x before 1.1.rc3, when using blocking passdbs, allows remote attackers to bypass the password check via a password containing TAB characters, which are treated as argument delimiters that enable the skip_password_check field to be specified."
},
{
"lang": "es",
"value": "Vulnerabilidad de inyecci\u00f3n de argumentos en Dovecot 1.0.x anterior a 1.0.13, y 1.1.x anterior a 1.1.rc3, cuando se utiliza passdbs con bloqueo, permite a atacantes remotos evitar la comprobaci\u00f3n de contrase\u00f1a a trav\u00e9s de una contrase\u00f1a que contenga caracteres TAB, los cuales son tratados como delimitadores de los argumentos que permiten que el fichero skip_password_check sea especificado."
}
],
"id": "CVE-2008-1218",
"lastModified": "2026-06-16T22:51:15.180",
"metrics": {
"cvssMetricV2": [
{
"acInsufInfo": false,
"baseSeverity": "MEDIUM",
"cvssData": {
"accessComplexity": "MEDIUM",
"accessVector": "NETWORK",
"authentication": "NONE",
"availabilityImpact": "PARTIAL",
"baseScore": 6.8,
"confidentialityImpact": "PARTIAL",
"integrityImpact": "PARTIAL",
"vectorString": "AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P",
"version": "2.0"
},
"exploitabilityScore": 8.6,
"impactScore": 6.4,
"obtainAllPrivilege": false,
"obtainOtherPrivilege": true,
"obtainUserPrivilege": false,
"source": "nvd@nist.gov",
"type": "Primary",
"userInteractionRequired": false
}
]
},
"published": "2008-03-10T23:44:00.000",
"references": [
{
"source": "cve@mitre.org",
"url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00004.html"
},
{
"source": "cve@mitre.org",
"url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/29226"
},
{
"source": "cve@mitre.org",
"url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/29295"
},
{
"source": "cve@mitre.org",
"url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/29364"
},
{
"source": "cve@mitre.org",
"url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/29385"
},
{
"source": "cve@mitre.org",
"url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/29396"
},
{
"source": "cve@mitre.org",
"url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/29557"
},
{
"source": "cve@mitre.org",
"url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/32151"
},
{
"source": "cve@mitre.org",
"url": "http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-25.xml"
},
{
"source": "cve@mitre.org",
"url": "http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0108"
},
{
"source": "cve@mitre.org",
"url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1516"
},
{
"source": "cve@mitre.org",
"url": "http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2008-March/000064.html"
},
{
"source": "cve@mitre.org",
"url": "http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2008-March/000065.html"
},
{
"source": "cve@mitre.org",
"url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489481/100/0/threaded"
},
{
"source": "cve@mitre.org",
"url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28181"
},
{
"source": "cve@mitre.org",
"url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41085"
},
{
"source": "cve@mitre.org",
"url": "https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2341"
},
{
"source": "cve@mitre.org",
"url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/593-1/"
},
{
"source": "cve@mitre.org",
"url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5257"
},
{
"source": "cve@mitre.org",
"url": "https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00358.html"
},
{
"source": "cve@mitre.org",
"url": "https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00381.html"
},
{
"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
"url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00004.html"
},
{
"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
"url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/29226"
},
{
"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
"url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/29295"
},
{
"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
"url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/29364"
},
{
"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
"url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/29385"
},
{
"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
"url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/29396"
},
{
"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
"url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/29557"
},
{
"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
"url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/32151"
},
{
"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
"url": "http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-25.xml"
},
{
"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
"url": "http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0108"
},
{
"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
"url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1516"
},
{
"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
"url": "http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2008-March/000064.html"
},
{
"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
"url": "http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2008-March/000065.html"
},
{
"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
"url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489481/100/0/threaded"
},
{
"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
"url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28181"
},
{
"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
"url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41085"
},
{
"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
"url": "https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2341"
},
{
"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
"url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/593-1/"
},
{
"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
"url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5257"
},
{
"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
"url": "https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00358.html"
},
{
"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
"url": "https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00381.html"
}
],
"sourceIdentifier": "cve@mitre.org",
"vendorComments": [
{
"comment": "Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect versions of Dovecot as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 or 5.",
"lastModified": "2008-03-12T00:00:00",
"organization": "Red Hat"
}
],
"vulnStatus": "Modified",
"weaknesses": [
{
"description": [
{
"lang": "en",
"value": "CWE-255"
}
],
"source": "nvd@nist.gov",
"type": "Primary"
}
]
}
Loading…
Loading…
Experimental. This forecast is provided for visualization only and may change without notice. Do not use it for operational decisions.
Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.
Sightings
| Author | Source | Type | Date | Other |
|---|
Nomenclature
- Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
- Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
- Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
- Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
- Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Loading…
The MITRE ATT&CK techniques below are AI-generated suggestions, inferred from the description of the
vulnerability by the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-classification-roberta-base
model, served locally by ML-Gateway.
They have not been verified by an analyst and are provided for guidance only.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
Loading…
Related by attack behaviour
Vulnerabilities whose description is nearest to this one in the vector space of the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-biencoder model. This is a similarity search over the bi-encoder space (plain cosine), not a classification, and it has no measured accuracy.
Loading…