dovecot: unauthorized login
Published Mar 10, 2008
6.8
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 7.34%
Description
Argument injection vulnerability in Dovecot 1.0.x before 1.0.13, and 1.1.x before 1.1.rc3, when using blocking passdbs, allows remote attackers to bypass the password check via a password containing TAB characters, which are treated as argument delimiters that enable the skip_password_check field to be specified.
Affected products
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect versions of Dovecot as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 or 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:P/A:P
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 (15 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 7.34% (0.07342) | 94.21th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 7.34% (0.07342) | 93.58th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 30, 2025 | 18.73% (0.18733) | 94.90th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 16.66% (0.16657) | 94.36th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 29.39% (0.29394) | 94.63th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 16.66% (0.16657) | 94.41th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Feb 19, 2025 | 10.72% (0.10718) | 95.15th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 12, 2025 | 8.13% (0.08135) | 94.34th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 5, 2024 | 3.43% (0.03429) | 91.79th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 25, 2023 | 7.51% (0.07506) | 93.36th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 19, 2023 | 6.77% (0.06765) | 93.05th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 6.23% (0.06226) | 92.42th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 12.57% (0.12567) | 95.52th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 12.57% (0.12567) | 95.18th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 12.57% (0.12567) | 90.03th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (25)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00004.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29226 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
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- http://secunia.com/advisories/29385 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
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- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-25.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0108 x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1516 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2008-March/000064.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2008-March/000065.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489481/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
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- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=436928 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41085 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2341 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1218
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/593-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-1218
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5257 exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00358.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00381.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
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