Description
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.
Published: 2013-12-09
Score: 5.8 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2013-6000 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3556-2 Dovecot vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T17:29:42.974Z

Reserved: 2013-10-18T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2013-6171

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2013-12-09T16:36:47.097

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2013-6171

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2013-11-03T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2013-6171 - Bugzilla

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