CVE-2008-4870 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0004.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Dovecot	Dovecot
Redhat	Enterprise Linux

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Package	CPE	Advisory	Released Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
dovecot-0:1.0.7-7.el5	cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5	RHSA-2009:0205	2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2008-4849	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.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
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://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4870
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10776
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-4870

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2008-10-31T22:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T10:31:27.923Z

Reserved: 2008-10-31T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2008-4870

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2008-11-01T00:00:01.273

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2008-4870

Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2008-03-06T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2008-4870 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

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