CVE-2013-6171
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Summary
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 Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a | affected |
Weaknesses
- n/a
ADP Enrichment
CVE Program Container
Additional References
- http://cpanel.net/tsr-2013-0010-full-disclosure/
- http://wiki2.dovecot.org/AuthDatabase/CheckPassword#Security
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3556-2/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/54808
- http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2013-November/000264.html
References
- http://cpanel.net/tsr-2013-0010-full-disclosure/
- http://wiki2.dovecot.org/AuthDatabase/CheckPassword#Security
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3556-2/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/54808
- http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2013-November/000264.html
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