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.

CVSS v2.0 2.1 LOW

2.1^/10

CVSS v2.0 : LOW

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

References

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

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND

cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2008-11-01 00:00

Updated : 2025-04-09 00:30

NVD link : CVE-2008-4870

Mitre link : CVE-2008-4870

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2008-4870

JSON object : View

Products Affected

redhat

enterprise_linux

dovecot

dovecot

CWE

CWE-732

Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

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