gsd-2008-1218
Vulnerability from gsd
Modified
2023-12-13 01:23
Details
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.
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Aliases
CVE-2008-1218


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      "lastModifiedDate": "2018-10-11T20:30Z",
      "publishedDate": "2008-03-10T23:44Z"
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}


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