Directory traversal in dovecot with zlib plugin
Published Apr 25, 2007
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.12%
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in index/mbox/mbox-storage.c in Dovecot before 1.0.rc29, when using the zlib plugin, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary gzipped (.gz) mailboxes (mbox files) via a .. (dot dot) sequence in the mailbox name.
Affected products
No data.
- 1.0.beta1
- 1.0.beta2
- 1.0.beta3
- 1.0.beta4
- 1.0.beta5
- 1.0.beta6
- 1.0.beta7
- 1.0.beta8
- 1.0.beta9
- 1.0.rc1
- 1.0.rc2
- 1.0.rc3
- 1.0.rc4
- 1.0.rc5
- 1.0.rc6
- 1.0.rc7
- 1.0.rc8
- 1.0.rc9
- 1.0.rc10
- 1.0.rc11
- 1.0.rc12
- 1.0.rc13
- 1.0.rc14
- 1.0.rc15
- 1.0.rc16
- 1.0.rc17
- 1.0.rc18
- 1.0.rc19
- 1.0.rc20
- 1.0.rc21
- 1.0.rc22
- 1.0.rc23
- 1.0.rc24
- 1.0.rc25
- 1.0.rc26
- 1.0.rc27
- 1.0.rc28
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
dovecot-0:1.0.7-2.el5
Fixed · RHSA-2008:0297
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | dovecot-0:1.0.7-2.el5 | Fixed | RHSA-2008:0297 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
This issue did not affect Red Hat Enterprise Linux prior to version 5.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (17 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.12% (0.02123) | 81.22th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.12% (0.02123) | 79.42th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.53% (0.00534) | 65.40th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.72% (0.00718) | 81.22th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 20, 2024 | 0.72% (0.00718) | 80.64th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 5, 2024 | 1.10% (0.01105) | 84.21th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 27, 2024 | 0.80% (0.00795) | 81.10th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 20, 2024 | 0.79% (0.00788) | 79.56th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 13, 2023 | 0.87% (0.00870) | 80.47th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 27, 2023 | 0.83% (0.00827) | 79.94th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 20, 2023 | 0.78% (0.00780) | 79.14th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 15, 2023 | 0.74% (0.00742) | 78.45th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 1, 2023 | 0.73% (0.00728) | 77.94th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.67% (0.00672) | 76.67th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 85.48th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 84.01th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 67.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (18)
- http://dovecot.org/doc/NEWS x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://dovecot.org/list/dovecot-cvs/2007-March/008488.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2007-March/000038.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25072 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30342 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1359 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_8_sr.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0297.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/466168/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23552 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-487-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1452 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-2231 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=238439 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34082 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-2231
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10995 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-2231
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