Description
Dovecot before 1.0.11, when configured to use mail_extra_groups to allow Dovecot to create dotlocks in /var/mail, might allow local users to read sensitive mail files for other users, or modify files or directories that are writable by group, via a symlink attack.
CVSS Metrics
- Vector
- AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Access Vector
- local
- Access Cmplx
- medium
- Auth
- none
- Confidentiality
- partial
- Integrity
- partial
- Availability
- partial
- Weaknesses
- CWE-16CWE-59
Metadata
- Primary Vendor
- DOVECOT
- Published
- 3/6/2008
- Last Modified
- 4/9/2025
- Source
- NIST NVD
- Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.
Affected Products
dovecot : dovecotdovecot : dovecotdovecot : dovecotdovecot : dovecotdovecot : dovecotdovecot : dovecotdovecot : dovecotdovecot : dovecotdovecot : dovecotdovecot : dovecotdovecot : dovecotdovecot : dovecotdovecot : dovecotdovecot : dovecotdovecot : dovecotdovecot : dovecotdovecot : dovecotdovecot : dovecotdovecot : dovecotdovecot : dovecotdovecot : dovecotdovecot : dovecotdovecot : dovecotdovecot : dovecotdovecot : dovecotdovecot : dovecotdovecot : dovecotdovecot : dovecotdovecot : dovecotdovecot : dovecotdovecot : dovecotdovecot : dovecot
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