CVE-2008-4870

dovecot 1.0.7 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5, and possibly Fedora, uses world-readable permissions for dovecot.conf, which allows local users to obtain the ssl_key_password parameter value.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 00:52

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () http://secunia.com/advisories/32164 - Broken Link () http://secunia.com/advisories/32164 - Broken Link
References () http://secunia.com/advisories/33149 - Broken Link () http://secunia.com/advisories/33149 - Broken Link
References () http://secunia.com/advisories/33624 - Broken Link () http://secunia.com/advisories/33624 - Broken Link
References () http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-16.xml - Third Party Advisory () http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-16.xml - Third Party Advisory
References () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/29/10 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/29/10 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References () http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0205.html - Third Party Advisory () http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0205.html - Third Party Advisory
References () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=436287 - Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=436287 - Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
References () https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46323 - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry () https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46323 - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
References () https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10776 - Tool Signature () https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10776 - Tool Signature

Information

Published : 2008-11-01 00:00

Updated : 2024-11-21 00:52


NVD link : CVE-2008-4870

Mitre link : CVE-2008-4870

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2008-4870


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Products Affected

dovecot

  • dovecot

redhat

  • enterprise_linux
CWE
CWE-732

Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource