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    CVE-2008-1218

    Argument injection vulnerability in Dovecot 1.0.x before 1.0.13, and 1.1.x before 1.1.rc3, when using blocking passdbs, allows remote attackers to bypass the password check via a password containing TAB characters, which are treated as argument delimiters that enable the skip_password_check field to be specified.

    Published:Mar 9, 2008
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Mar 10, 2008
    EPSS Score:0.18733
    CVSS Score:6.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Dovecot
    Product
    Dovecot

    Exploits

    https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5257

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    References

    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00004.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29226
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29295
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29364
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29385
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29396
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29557
    http://secunia.com/advisories/32151
    http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-25.xml
    http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0108
    http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1516
    http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2008-March/000064.html
    http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2008-March/000065.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489481/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28181
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41085
    https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2341
    https://usn.ubuntu.com/593-1/
    https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5257
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00358.html
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00381.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00004.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29226
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29295
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29364
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29385
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29396
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29557
    http://secunia.com/advisories/32151
    http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-25.xml
    http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0108
    http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1516
    http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2008-March/000064.html
    http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2008-March/000065.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489481/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28181
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41085
    https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2341
    https://usn.ubuntu.com/593-1/
    https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5257
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00358.html
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00381.html

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High