HomeDovecotCVE-2013-6171

CVE-2013-6171

UNKNOWN
5.8CVSS
Published: 2013-12-09
Updated: 2025-04-11
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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 Metrics

Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Access Vector
network
Access Cmplx
medium
Auth
none
Confidentiality
partial
Integrity
partial
Availability
none
Weaknesses
CWE-287

Metadata

Primary Vendor
DOVECOT
Published
12/9/2013
Last Modified
4/11/2025
Source
NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

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