Dovecot 1.2.x before 1.2.8 sets 0777 permissions during creation of certain directories at installation time, which allows local users to access arbitrary user accounts by replacing the auth socket, related to the parent directories of the base_dir directory, and possibly the base_dir directory itself.
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2009-11-24T17:00:00

Updated: 2017-08-16T14:57:01

Reserved: 2009-11-05T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2009-3897

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2009-11-24T17:30:00.407

Modified: 2024-02-08T15:21:34.730


Link: CVE-2009-3897

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CWE