Gentoo Linux: CVE-2009-3897: Dovecot: Multiple vulnerabilities
5
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
11/24/2009
07/25/2018
10/30/2017
10/30/2017
Description
Dovecot 1.2.x before 1.2.8 sets 0777 permissions during creation of certain directories at installation time, which allows local users to access arbitrary user accounts by replacing the auth socket, related to the parent directories of the base_dir directory, and possibly the base_dir directory itself.
Solution(s)
- gentoo-linux-upgrade-net-mail-dovecot
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