CVE-2008-1218
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…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (7.34%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 7.34% probability · 94th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-255
- Affected
- dovecot/dovecot
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00004.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29226
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29295
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29364
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29385
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29396
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29557
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32151
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-25.xml
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0108
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1516
- http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2008-March/000064.html
- http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2008-March/000065.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489481/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28181
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41085
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2341
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/593-1/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5257
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00358.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00381.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00004.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29226
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29295
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29364
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29385
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29396
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29557
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32151
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-25.xml
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.