MEDIUM
dovecot: passdb checkpassword authentication local bypass
Published Dec 9, 2013
5.8
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.46%
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.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- ≤ 2.2.6
- 2.0
- 2.0.0
- 2.0.1
- 2.0.2
- 2.0.3
- 2.0.4
- 2.0.5
- 2.0.6
- 2.0.7
- 2.0.8
- 2.0.9
- 2.0.10
- 2.0.11
- 2.0.12
- 2.0.13
- 2.0.14
- 2.0.15
- 2.1
- 2.1
- 2.1
- 2.1
- 2.1
- 2.1
- 2.1.0
- 2.1.1
- 2.1.2
- 2.1.3
- 2.1.4
- 2.1.5
- 2.1.6
- 2.1.7
- 2.1.10
- 2.1.11
- 2.1.12
- 2.1.13
- 2.1.14
- 2.1.15
- 2.2
- 2.2
- 2.2
- 2.2
- 2.2
- 2.2
- 2.2
- 2.2.0
- 2.2.1
- 2.2.2
- 2.2.3
- 2.2.4
- 2.2.5
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
dovecot
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
dovecot
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
dovecot
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | dovecot | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | dovecot | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | dovecot | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of dovecot as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6 and 7.
Weaknesses (1)
References (9)
- http://cpanel.net/tsr-2013-0010-full-disclosure/ x_refsource_MISC
- http://secunia.com/advisories/54808 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://wiki2.dovecot.org/AuthDatabase/CheckPassword#Security x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2013-November/000264.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTPatch
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-6171 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1028589 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-6171
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3556-2/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-6171
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://cpanel.net/tsr-2013-0010-full-disclosure/ | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/54808 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://wiki2.dovecot.org/AuthDatabase/CheckPassword#Security | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2013-November/000264.html | mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTPatch | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-6171 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1028589 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-6171 | ||
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/3556-2/ | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-6171 |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Dec 9, 2013
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved Oct 18, 2013
Link CVE-2013-6171
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a