CVE-2008-1218
Argument injection vulnerability in Dovecot 1.0.x before 1.0.13, and 1.1.x before 1.1.rc3, when using blocking passdbs, allows remote attackers to bypass the password check via a password containing
02 Description
Argument injection vulnerability in Dovecot 1.0.x before 1.0.13, and 1.1.x before 1.1.rc3, when using blocking passdbs, allows remote attackers to bypass the password check via a password containing
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
- 7.34% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 94.3% 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
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
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
- 2008-03-10 23:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 08:17Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-03-09
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- b67503affa009b85348595b38978ebfdc549ec4f7b3206de281ad76e836a1d36
05 Affected products
06 References
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200803-25http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-25.xml
- secunia.com29295http://secunia.com/advisories/29295
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comdovecot-tab-authentication-bypass(41085)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41085
- www.exploit-db.com5257https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5257
- secunia.com29557http://secunia.com/advisories/29557
- www.debian.orgDSA-1516http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1516
- wiki.rpath.comhttp://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0108
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-593-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/593-1/
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2008-2475https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00381.html
- secunia.com29364http://secunia.com/advisories/29364
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SR:2008:020http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00004.html
- issues.rpath.comhttps://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2341
- www.dovecot.org[Dovecot-news] 20080309 Security hole #6: Some passdbs allowed users to log in without a valid passwordhttp://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2008-March/000064.html
- www.dovecot.org[Dovecot-news] 20080309 v1.0.13 and v1.1.rc3 releasedhttp://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2008-March/000065.html
- secunia.com29226http://secunia.com/advisories/29226
- www.securityfocus.com20080312 rPSA-2008-0108-1 dovecothttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489481/100/0/threaded
- secunia.com32151http://secunia.com/advisories/32151
- secunia.com29385http://secunia.com/advisories/29385
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2008-2464https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00358.html
- www.securityfocus.com28181http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28181
- secunia.com29396http://secunia.com/advisories/29396
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- dovecot Fixed in 1:1.0.13-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- dovecot Fixed in 1:1.0.13-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- dovecot Fixed in 1:1.0.13-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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