Vulnerability Details CVE-2008-4870
dovecot 1.0.7 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5, and possibly Fedora, uses world-readable permissions for dovecot.conf, which allows local users to obtain the ssl_key_password parameter value.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.0
EPSS Ranking 11.7%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v2 Score 2.1
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32164
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33149
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33624
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-16.xml
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/29/10
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0205.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=436287
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46323
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10776
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32164
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33149
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33624
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-16.xml
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/29/10
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0205.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=436287
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46323
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10776
Products affected by CVE-2008-4870
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cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0.7
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cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.0