CVE-2008-1199

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    CVE-2008-1199

    Published: 6 Mar 2008Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Dovecot before 1.0.11, when configured to use mail_extra_groups to allow Dovecot to create dotlocks in /var/mail, might allow local users to read sensitive mail files for other users, or modify files or directories that are writable by group, via a symlink attack.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/29226, http://secunia.com/advisories/29385, http://secunia.com/advisories/29396, http://secunia.com/advisories/29557, http://secunia.com/advisories/30342, http://secunia.com/advisories/32151, http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-25.xml, http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1516, http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2008-March/000061.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28092, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00004.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0297.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489133/100/0/threaded, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41009, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10739, https://usn.ubuntu.com/593-1/, https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00358.html, https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00381.html

    Affected packages

    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