CVE-2007-2231
Directory traversal vulnerability in index/mbox/mbox-storage.c in Dovecot before 1.0.rc29, when using the zlib plugin, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary gzipped (.gz) mailboxes (mbox files)
02 Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in index/mbox/mbox-storage.c in Dovecot before 1.0.rc29, when using the zlib plugin, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary gzipped (.gz) mailboxes (mbox files)
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.12% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 81.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2007-04-25 15:00Z19 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 13:33Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2007-04-25
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 0f7813e38455c476e67f8c1e294d7863d7eaab7f114b20ddfbdb7ecb3feef7f7
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-487-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-487-1
- secunia.com30342http://secunia.com/advisories/30342
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2008:0297http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0297.html
- www.securityfocus.com23552http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23552
- www.debian.orgDSA-1359http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1359
- dovecot.orghttp://dovecot.org/doc/NEWS
- dovecot.org[dovecot-cvs] 20070330 dovecot/src/lib-storage/index/mbox mbox-storage.c, 1.145.2.14, 1.145.2.15http://dovecot.org/list/dovecot-cvs/2007-March/008488.html
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:10995https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10995
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comdovecot-mboxstorage-directory-traversal(34082)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34082
- www.novell.comSUSE-SR:2007:008http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_8_sr.html
- www.vupen.comADV-2007-1452http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1452
- dovecot.org[dovecot-news] 20070330 Security hole #3: zlib plugin allows opening any gziped mboxeshttp://dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2007-March/000038.html
- secunia.com25072http://secunia.com/advisories/25072
- www.securityfocus.com20070418 rPSA-2007-0074-1 dovecothttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/466168/100/0/threaded
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- dovecot Fixed in 1.0.rc29-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- dovecot Fixed in 1.0.rc29-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- dovecot Fixed in 1.0.rc29-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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