CVE-2013-6171

Dovecot < 2.2.6 - Authentication Bypass

Title source: rule

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.

Scores

EPSS 0.0024
EPSS Percentile 47.5%

Classification

CWE
CWE-287
Status draft

Affected Products (50)

dovecot/dovecot
dovecot/dovecot < 2.2.6
dovecot/dovecot
dovecot/dovecot
dovecot/dovecot
dovecot/dovecot
dovecot/dovecot
dovecot/dovecot
dovecot/dovecot
dovecot/dovecot
dovecot/dovecot
dovecot/dovecot
dovecot/dovecot
dovecot/dovecot
dovecot/dovecot
... and 35 more

Timeline

Published Dec 09, 2013
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026