Description
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.
References (9)
Core 9
Core References
Broken Link third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/32164
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/29/10
Broken Link third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/33149
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46323
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=436287
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_gentoo
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-16.xml
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0205.html
Broken Link third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/33624
Tool Signature vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10776
Scores
EPSS
0.0004
EPSS Percentile
12.1%
Details
CWE
CWE-732
Status
published
Products (1)
dovecot/dovecot
1.0.7
Published
Nov 01, 2008
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026