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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 to the process and using a restricted file descriptor to modify account information in the response to the dovecot-auth server.

  • Published: Dec 9, 2013
  • Updated: Apr 13, 2023
  • CVE: CVE-2013-6171
  • Severity: Medium
  • Exploit:

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Medium
  • Score: 5.8
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Software From Fixed in
dovecot / dovecot 2.1-rc7 2.1-rc7.x
dovecot / dovecot 2.2.1 2.2.1.x
dovecot / dovecot 2.2.3 2.2.3.x
dovecot / dovecot 2.1.4 2.1.4.x
dovecot / dovecot 2.1.0 2.1.0.x
dovecot / dovecot 2.1-rc2 2.1-rc2.x
dovecot / dovecot 2.1-rc6 2.1-rc6.x
dovecot / dovecot 2.1.3 2.1.3.x
dovecot / dovecot 2.0.9 2.0.9.x
dovecot / dovecot 2.0-beta1 2.0-beta1.x
dovecot / dovecot 2.1.13 2.1.13.x
dovecot / dovecot 2.1.14 2.1.14.x
dovecot / dovecot 2.1.6 2.1.6.x
dovecot / dovecot 2.2-rc6 2.2-rc6.x
dovecot / dovecot 2.1.10 2.1.10.x
dovecot / dovecot 2.0.14 2.0.14.x
dovecot / dovecot 2.0.7 2.0.7.x
dovecot / dovecot 2.2-rc2 2.2-rc2.x
dovecot / dovecot 2.0.12 2.0.12.x
dovecot / dovecot 2.0.4 2.0.4.x
dovecot / dovecot 2.1.12 2.1.12.x
dovecot / dovecot 2.1-rc5 2.1-rc5.x
dovecot / dovecot 2.0.2 2.0.2.x
dovecot / dovecot 2.2.4 2.2.4.x
dovecot / dovecot 2.2-rc1 2.2-rc1.x
dovecot / dovecot 2.2-rc7 2.2-rc7.x
dovecot / dovecot 2.2-rc4 2.2-rc4.x
dovecot / dovecot 2.0.1 2.0.1.x
dovecot / dovecot 2.2.0 2.2.0.x
dovecot / dovecot 2.0.10 2.0.10.x
dovecot / dovecot 2.0.11 2.0.11.x
dovecot / dovecot 2.0.13 2.0.13.x
dovecot / dovecot 2.1.1 2.1.1.x
dovecot / dovecot 2.0.8 2.0.8.x
dovecot / dovecot 2.0.3 2.0.3.x
dovecot / dovecot 2.1.7 2.1.7.x
dovecot / dovecot 2.1-rc3 2.1-rc3.x
dovecot / dovecot 2.2-rc3 2.2-rc3.x
dovecot / dovecot 2.1.15 2.1.15.x
dovecot / dovecot - 2.2.6.x
dovecot / dovecot 2.0.0 2.0.0.x
dovecot / dovecot 2.1.5 2.1.5.x
dovecot / dovecot 2.2.5 2.2.5.x
dovecot / dovecot 2.0.15 2.0.15.x
dovecot / dovecot 2.1-rc1 2.1-rc1.x
dovecot / dovecot 2.1.2 2.1.2.x
dovecot / dovecot 2.0.5 2.0.5.x
dovecot / dovecot 2.2.2 2.2.2.x
dovecot / dovecot 2.0.6 2.0.6.x
dovecot / dovecot 2.1.11 2.1.11.x
dovecot / dovecot 2.2-rc5 2.2-rc5.x