National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-5301
Original release date:12/01/2008
Last revised:08/12/2009
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Directory traversal vulnerability in the ManageSieve implementation in Dovecot 1.0.15, 1.1, and 1.2 allows remote attackers to read and modify arbitrary .sieve files via a ".." (dot dot) in a script name.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
4.9
Exploitability Subscore:
10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows unauthorized modification
- Official Statement from Red Hat (12/02/2008)
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Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of dovecot as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, or 5. Those packages do not include ManageSieve server.
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External Source: MLIST
Name: [Dovecot] 20081117 ManageSieve SECURITY hole: virtual users can edit scripts of other virtual users (all versions)
Type: Patch Information
External Source: XF
Name: managesieve-sieve-directory-traversal(46672)
External Source: BID
Name: 32582
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2008-3190
Type: Advisory
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 32768
Type: Advisory
