CVE-2008-1199

dovecot: insecure mail_extra_groups option

Severity Score

4.4

*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

Dovecot antes de 1.0.11, cuando se configura para utilizar mail_extra_groups para permitir a Dovecot crear dotlocks en /var/mail, podría permitir a usuarios locales leer archivos de mail sensibles para otros usuarios, o modificar archivos o directorios que sean escribibles por el grupo, a través de un ataque de enlaces simbólicos.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

High

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2008-03-06 CVE Reserved
2008-03-06 CVE Published
2023-03-08 EPSS Updated
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-16: Configuration
CWE-59: Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

CAPEC

References (20)

URL	Tag	Source
http://secunia.com/advisories/29226	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29385	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29396	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29557	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30342	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32151	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489133/100/0/threaded	Mailing List
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41009	Vdb Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10739	Signature

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2008-March/000061.html	2018-10-11
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28092	2018-10-11

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00004.html	2018-10-11
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-25.xml	2018-10-11
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1516	2018-10-11
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0297.html	2018-10-11
https://usn.ubuntu.com/593-1	2018-10-11
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00358.html	2018-10-11
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00381.html	2018-10-11
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-1199	2008-05-20
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=436927	2008-05-20

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Dovecot Search vendor "Dovecot"		Dovecot Search vendor "Dovecot" for product "Dovecot"				0.99.13 Search vendor "Dovecot" for product "Dovecot" and version "0.99.13"		-		Affected
Dovecot Search vendor "Dovecot"		Dovecot Search vendor "Dovecot" for product "Dovecot"				0.99.14 Search vendor "Dovecot" for product "Dovecot" and version "0.99.14"		-		Affected
Dovecot Search vendor "Dovecot"		Dovecot Search vendor "Dovecot" for product "Dovecot"				1.0 Search vendor "Dovecot" for product "Dovecot" and version "1.0"		-		Affected
Dovecot Search vendor "Dovecot"		Dovecot Search vendor "Dovecot" for product "Dovecot"				1.0.2 Search vendor "Dovecot" for product "Dovecot" and version "1.0.2"		-		Affected
Dovecot Search vendor "Dovecot"		Dovecot Search vendor "Dovecot" for product "Dovecot"				1.0.3 Search vendor "Dovecot" for product "Dovecot" and version "1.0.3"		-		Affected
Dovecot Search vendor "Dovecot"		Dovecot Search vendor "Dovecot" for product "Dovecot"				1.0.4 Search vendor "Dovecot" for product "Dovecot" and version "1.0.4"		-		Affected
Dovecot Search vendor "Dovecot"		Dovecot Search vendor "Dovecot" for product "Dovecot"				1.0.5 Search vendor "Dovecot" for product "Dovecot" and version "1.0.5"		-		Affected
Dovecot Search vendor "Dovecot"		Dovecot Search vendor "Dovecot" for product "Dovecot"				1.0.6 Search vendor "Dovecot" for product "Dovecot" and version "1.0.6"		-		Affected
Dovecot Search vendor "Dovecot"		Dovecot Search vendor "Dovecot" for product "Dovecot"				1.0.7 Search vendor "Dovecot" for product "Dovecot" and version "1.0.7"		-		Affected
Dovecot Search vendor "Dovecot"		Dovecot Search vendor "Dovecot" for product "Dovecot"				1.0.8 Search vendor "Dovecot" for product "Dovecot" and version "1.0.8"		-		Affected
Dovecot Search vendor "Dovecot"		Dovecot Search vendor "Dovecot" for product "Dovecot"				1.0.9 Search vendor "Dovecot" for product "Dovecot" and version "1.0.9"		-		Affected
Dovecot Search vendor "Dovecot"		Dovecot Search vendor "Dovecot" for product "Dovecot"				1.0.10 Search vendor "Dovecot" for product "Dovecot" and version "1.0.10"		-		Affected
Dovecot Search vendor "Dovecot"		Dovecot Search vendor "Dovecot" for product "Dovecot"				1.0.beta2 Search vendor "Dovecot" for product "Dovecot" and version "1.0.beta2"		-		Affected
Dovecot Search vendor "Dovecot"		Dovecot Search vendor "Dovecot" for product "Dovecot"				1.0.beta3 Search vendor "Dovecot" for product "Dovecot" and version "1.0.beta3"		-		Affected
Dovecot Search vendor "Dovecot"		Dovecot Search vendor "Dovecot" for product "Dovecot"				1.0.beta7 Search vendor "Dovecot" for product "Dovecot" and version "1.0.beta7"		-		Affected
Dovecot Search vendor "Dovecot"		Dovecot Search vendor "Dovecot" for product "Dovecot"				1.0.beta8 Search vendor "Dovecot" for product "Dovecot" and version "1.0.beta8"		-		Affected
Dovecot Search vendor "Dovecot"		Dovecot Search vendor "Dovecot" for product "Dovecot"				1.0.rc1 Search vendor "Dovecot" for product "Dovecot" and version "1.0.rc1"		-		Affected
Dovecot Search vendor "Dovecot"		Dovecot Search vendor "Dovecot" for product "Dovecot"				1.0.rc2 Search vendor "Dovecot" for product "Dovecot" and version "1.0.rc2"		-		Affected
Dovecot Search vendor "Dovecot"		Dovecot Search vendor "Dovecot" for product "Dovecot"				1.0.rc3 Search vendor "Dovecot" for product "Dovecot" and version "1.0.rc3"		-		Affected
Dovecot Search vendor "Dovecot"		Dovecot Search vendor "Dovecot" for product "Dovecot"				1.0.rc4 Search vendor "Dovecot" for product "Dovecot" and version "1.0.rc4"		-		Affected
Dovecot Search vendor "Dovecot"		Dovecot Search vendor "Dovecot" for product "Dovecot"				1.0.rc5 Search vendor "Dovecot" for product "Dovecot" and version "1.0.rc5"		-		Affected
Dovecot Search vendor "Dovecot"		Dovecot Search vendor "Dovecot" for product "Dovecot"				1.0.rc6 Search vendor "Dovecot" for product "Dovecot" and version "1.0.rc6"		-		Affected
Dovecot Search vendor "Dovecot"		Dovecot Search vendor "Dovecot" for product "Dovecot"				1.0.rc7 Search vendor "Dovecot" for product "Dovecot" and version "1.0.rc7"		-		Affected
Dovecot Search vendor "Dovecot"		Dovecot Search vendor "Dovecot" for product "Dovecot"				1.0.rc8 Search vendor "Dovecot" for product "Dovecot" and version "1.0.rc8"		-		Affected
Dovecot Search vendor "Dovecot"		Dovecot Search vendor "Dovecot" for product "Dovecot"				1.0.rc9 Search vendor "Dovecot" for product "Dovecot" and version "1.0.rc9"		-		Affected
Dovecot Search vendor "Dovecot"		Dovecot Search vendor "Dovecot" for product "Dovecot"				1.0.rc10 Search vendor "Dovecot" for product "Dovecot" and version "1.0.rc10"		-		Affected
Dovecot Search vendor "Dovecot"		Dovecot Search vendor "Dovecot" for product "Dovecot"				1.0.rc11 Search vendor "Dovecot" for product "Dovecot" and version "1.0.rc11"		-		Affected
Dovecot Search vendor "Dovecot"		Dovecot Search vendor "Dovecot" for product "Dovecot"				1.0.rc12 Search vendor "Dovecot" for product "Dovecot" and version "1.0.rc12"		-		Affected
Dovecot Search vendor "Dovecot"		Dovecot Search vendor "Dovecot" for product "Dovecot"				1.0.rc13 Search vendor "Dovecot" for product "Dovecot" and version "1.0.rc13"		-		Affected
Dovecot Search vendor "Dovecot"		Dovecot Search vendor "Dovecot" for product "Dovecot"				1.0.rc14 Search vendor "Dovecot" for product "Dovecot" and version "1.0.rc14"		-		Affected
Dovecot Search vendor "Dovecot"		Dovecot Search vendor "Dovecot" for product "Dovecot"				1.0.rc15 Search vendor "Dovecot" for product "Dovecot" and version "1.0.rc15"		-		Affected
Dovecot Search vendor "Dovecot"		Dovecot Search vendor "Dovecot" for product "Dovecot"				1.0_rc29 Search vendor "Dovecot" for product "Dovecot" and version "1.0_rc29"		-		Affected