An issue was discovered in the auth component in Dovecot 2.2 and 2.3 before 2.3.20. When two passdb configuration entries exist with the same driver and args settings, incorrect username_filter and mechanism settings can be applied to passdb definitions. These incorrectly applied settings can lead to an unintended security configuration and can permit privilege escalation in certain configurations. The documentation does not advise against the use of passdb definitions that have the same driver and args settings. One such configuration would be where an administrator wishes to use the same PAM configuration or passwd file for both normal and master users but use the username_filter setting to restrict which of the users is able to be a master user.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3122-1 dovecot security update
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-5509-1 Dovecot vulnerability
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History

Tue, 15 Oct 2024 19:15:00 +0000

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-10-15T18:35:00.129Z

Reserved: 2022-05-11T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2022-30550

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T06:48:36.356Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2022-07-17T19:15:18.540

Modified: 2025-05-23T16:43:11.880

Link: CVE-2022-30550

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2022-07-06T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2022-30550 - Bugzilla

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