CVE-2008-4870
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.
02 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.
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
- 0.37% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 30.8% 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
- 2008-10-31 22:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 10:31Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-10-31
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-732Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical ResourceClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 5b08d452fda5fc0b2958f9146621dcc8d976344fd248d479258ab55c031190a6
05 Affected products
06 References
- secunia.com32164http://secunia.com/advisories/32164
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20081029 CVE Request (dovecot)http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/29/10
- secunia.com33149http://secunia.com/advisories/33149
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comdovecot-dovecot-information-disclosure(46323)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46323
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=436287
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200812-16http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-16.xml
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2009:0205http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0205.html
- secunia.com33624http://secunia.com/advisories/33624
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:10776https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10776
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- dovecot No fix yet
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- dovecot No fix yet
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- dovecot No fix yet
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.