CVE-2008-5301
Directory traversal vulnerability in the ManageSieve implementation in Dovecot 1.0.15, 1.1, and 1.2 allows remote attackers to read and modify arbitrary .sieve files via a ".." (dot dot) in a script
02 Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in the ManageSieve implementation in Dovecot 1.0.15, 1.1, and 1.2 allows remote attackers to read and modify arbitrary .sieve files via a ".." (dot dot) in a script
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
- 1.82% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 78.4% 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
- 2008-12-01 17:00Z17 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 10:49Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-12-01
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 4c3cfdf411e9b35f343641414ef416965e38b261c18f96d670615fdb5112633d
05 Affected products
06 References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.commanagesieve-sieve-directory-traversal(46672)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46672
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-3190http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3190
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-838-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-838-1
- www.dovecot.org[Dovecot] 20081117 ManageSieve SECURITY hole: virtual users can edit scripts of other virtual users (all versions)http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot/2008-November/035259.html
- secunia.com32768http://secunia.com/advisories/32768
- secunia.com36904http://secunia.com/advisories/36904
- www.securityfocus.com32582http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32582
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- dovecot Fixed in 1:1.0.15-2.3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- dovecot Fixed in 1:1.0.15-2.3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- dovecot Fixed in 1:1.0.15-2.3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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