Unscored severity · published Apr 25, 2007
CVE-2007-2231
Directory traversal vulnerability in index/mbox/mbox-storage.c in Dovecot before 1.0.rc29, when using the zlib plugin, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary gzipped (.gz)…
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CVSS
2.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in index/mbox/mbox-storage.c in Dovecot before 1.0.rc29, when using the zlib plugin, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary gzipped (.gz) mailboxes (mbox files) via a .. (dot dot) sequence in the mailbox name.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.1% · higher than 82% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DO
Dovecot · Dovecot
1.0.beta1; 1.0.beta2; 1.0.beta3; 1.0.beta4; 1.0.beta5; 1.0.beta6; +31 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-2231
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-2231
dovecot.org
http://dovecot.org/doc/NEWS
dovecot.org
http://dovecot.org/list/dovecot-cvs/2007-March/008488.html
dovecot.org
http://dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2007-March/000038.html
secunia.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/25072
secunia.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/30342
www.debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1359
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