CVE-2009-3897

Description

Dovecot 1.2.x before 1.2.8 sets 0777 permissions during creation of certain directories at installation time, which allows local users to access arbitrary user accounts by replacing the auth socket, related to the parent directories of the base_dir directory, and possibly the base_dir directory itself.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54363

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3306

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:306

http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2009-November/000143.html

http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125900271508796&w=2

http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125900267208712&w=2

http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125881481222441&w=2

http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125871729029145&w=2

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00007.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3