CVE-2013-6171
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
02 Description
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
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
- 1.45% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 73.2% 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 2026-06-17.
- 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
- 2013-12-09 11:00Z12 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 17:29Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2013-10-18
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-287Improper AuthenticationClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- f046da10c35aa7717dc1267e00414259d57f9f990b538bb6b31c6737bb567a02
05 Affected products
06 References
- cpanel.nethttp://cpanel.net/tsr-2013-0010-full-disclosure/
- wiki2.dovecot.orghttp://wiki2.dovecot.org/AuthDatabase/CheckPassword#Security
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-3556-2https://usn.ubuntu.com/3556-2/
- secunia.com54808http://secunia.com/advisories/54808
- www.dovecot.org[Dovecot-news] 20131103 v2.2.7 releasedhttp://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2013-November/000264.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- dovecot Fixed in 1:2.2.9-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- dovecot Fixed in 1:2.2.9-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- dovecot Fixed in 1:2.2.9-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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