FKIE_CVE-2008-5301

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2008-12-01 17:30 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:59
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
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
dovecot dovecot 0.99.13
dovecot dovecot 0.99.14
dovecot dovecot 1.0
dovecot dovecot 1.0.2
dovecot dovecot 1.0.3
dovecot dovecot 1.0.4
dovecot dovecot 1.0.5
dovecot dovecot 1.0.6
dovecot dovecot 1.0.7
dovecot dovecot 1.0.8
dovecot dovecot 1.0.9
dovecot dovecot 1.0.10
dovecot dovecot 1.0.12
dovecot dovecot 1.1
dovecot dovecot 1.1
dovecot dovecot 1.1.0
dovecot dovecot 1.1.1
dovecot dovecot 1.1.2
dovecot dovecot 1.1.3
dovecot dovecot 1.1.4
dovecot dovecot 1.1.5
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