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.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.8
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | — | No solution exists | May 15, 2025 | May 15, 2025 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade net-mail/dovecot. | Oct 30, 2017 | Oct 31, 2008 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade dovecot | Oct 16, 2024 | Oct 31, 2008 |
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