CVE-2013-6171
checkpassword-reply in Dovecot before 2.2.7 performs setuid operations to a user who is authenticating, which allows local users to bypass authentication and access virtual email accounts by attaching to the process and using a restricted file…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.46%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
checkpassword-reply in Dovecot before 2.2.7 performs setuid operations to a user who is authenticating, which allows local users to bypass authentication and access virtual email accounts by attaching to the process and using a restricted file descriptor to modify account information in the response to the dovecot-auth server.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.46% probability · 72th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-287
- Affected
- dovecot/dovecot
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://cpanel.net/tsr-2013-0010-full-disclosure/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/54808Vendor Advisory
- http://wiki2.dovecot.org/AuthDatabase/CheckPassword#Security
- http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2013-November/000264.htmlPatch
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3556-2/
- http://cpanel.net/tsr-2013-0010-full-disclosure/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/54808Vendor Advisory
- http://wiki2.dovecot.org/AuthDatabase/CheckPassword#Security
- http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2013-November/000264.htmlPatch
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3556-2/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.