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.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
n/a n/a
n/aaffected
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37443 ↗
- http://www.osvdb.org/60316 ↗
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125881481222441&w=2 ↗
- http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2009-November/000143.html ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00007.html ↗
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3306 ↗
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125900267208712&w=2 ↗
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125871729029145&w=2 ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37084 ↗
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:306 ↗
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125900271508796&w=2 ↗
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54363 ↗