MEDIUM5.8
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.
CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.8
CVSS:2.0/AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:NReferences
- http://cpanel.net/tsr-2013-0010-full-disclosure/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/54808
- http://wiki2.dovecot.org/AuthDatabase/CheckPassword#Security
- http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2013-November/000264.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3556-2/
- http://cpanel.net/tsr-2013-0010-full-disclosure/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/54808
- http://wiki2.dovecot.org/AuthDatabase/CheckPassword#Security
- http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2013-November/000264.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3556-2/