CVE-2013-6171
Description
checkpassword-reply in Dovecot before 2.2.7 performs setuid operations to a user who is authenticating, which allows local users to bypass authentication and access virtual email accounts by attaching to the process and using a restricted file descriptor to modify account information in the response to the dovecot-auth server.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 1:2.2.9-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 1:2.2.9-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 1:2.2.9-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 1:2.2.9-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 1:2.2.9-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| dovecot | dovecot | {"endIncluding":"2.2.6"} | |
| dovecot | dovecot | 2.0 | |
| dovecot | dovecot | 2.0.0 | |
| dovecot | dovecot | 2.0.1 | |
| dovecot | dovecot | 2.0.2 | |
| dovecot | dovecot | 2.0.3 | |
| dovecot | dovecot | 2.0.4 | |
| dovecot | dovecot | 2.0.5 | |
| dovecot | dovecot | 2.0.6 | |
| dovecot | dovecot | 2.0.7 | |
| dovecot | dovecot | 2.0.8 | |
| dovecot | dovecot | 2.0.9 | |
| dovecot | dovecot | 2.0.10 | |
| dovecot | dovecot | 2.0.11 | |
| dovecot | dovecot | 2.0.12 | |
| dovecot | dovecot | 2.0.13 | |
| dovecot | dovecot | 2.0.14 | |
| dovecot | dovecot | 2.0.15 | |
| dovecot | dovecot | 2.1 | |
| dovecot | dovecot | 2.1.0 | |
| dovecot | dovecot | 2.1.1 | |
| dovecot | dovecot | 2.1.2 | |
| dovecot | dovecot | 2.1.3 | |
| dovecot | dovecot | 2.1.4 | |
| dovecot | dovecot | 2.1.5 | |
| dovecot | dovecot | 2.1.6 | |
| dovecot | dovecot | 2.1.7 | |
| dovecot | dovecot | 2.1.10 | |
| dovecot | dovecot | 2.1.11 | |
| dovecot | dovecot | 2.1.12 | |
| dovecot | dovecot | 2.1.13 | |
| dovecot | dovecot | 2.1.14 | |
| dovecot | dovecot | 2.1.15 | |
| dovecot | dovecot | 2.2 | |
| dovecot | dovecot | 2.2.0 | |
| dovecot | dovecot | 2.2.1 | |
| dovecot | dovecot | 2.2.2 | |
| dovecot | dovecot | 2.2.3 | |
| dovecot | dovecot | 2.2.4 | |
| dovecot | dovecot | 2.2.5 | |
References
CWEs
CWE-287
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.