Vulnerability Details CVE-2013-6171
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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.002
EPSS Ranking 47.7%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v2 Score 5.8
References
- http://cpanel.net/tsr-2013-0010-full-disclosure/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/54808
- http://wiki2.dovecot.org/AuthDatabase/CheckPassword#Security
- http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2013-November/000264.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3556-2/
- http://cpanel.net/tsr-2013-0010-full-disclosure/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/54808
- http://wiki2.dovecot.org/AuthDatabase/CheckPassword#Security
- http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2013-November/000264.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3556-2/
Products affected by CVE-2013-6171
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cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:-
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cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0.7
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cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.1.0
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cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.1.4
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cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.2.0
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cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.2.1
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cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.2.10
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cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.2.11
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cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.2.12
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cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.2.13
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cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.2.14
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cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.2.15
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cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.2.2
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cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.2.3
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cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.2.4
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cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.2.5
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cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.2.6
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cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.2.7
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cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.2.8
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cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.2.9
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cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.0
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cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.0.0
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cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.0.1
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cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.0.10
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cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.0.11
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cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.0.12
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cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.0.13
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cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.0.14
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cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.0.15
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cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.0.2
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cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.0.3
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cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.0.4
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cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.0.5
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cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.0.6
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cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.0.7
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cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.0.8
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cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.0.9
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cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.1
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cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.1.0
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cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.1.1
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cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.1.10
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cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.1.11
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cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.1.12
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cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.1.13
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cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.1.14
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cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.1.15
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cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.1.16
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cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.1.17
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cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.1.2
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cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.1.3
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cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.1.4
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cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.1.5
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cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.1.6
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cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.1.7
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cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.1.8
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cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.1.9
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cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.2
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cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.2.0
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cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.2.1
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cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.2.2
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cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.2.3
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cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.2.4
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cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.2.5
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cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.2.6