Unscored severity · published Nov 1, 2008
CVE-2008-4870
dovecot 1.0.7 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5, and possibly Fedora, uses world-readable permissions for dovecot.conf, which allows local users to obtain the ssl_key_password…
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CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
dovecot 1.0.7 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5, and possibly Fedora, uses world-readable permissions for dovecot.conf, which allows local users to obtain the ssl_key_password parameter value.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 31% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DO
Dovecot · Dovecot
1.0.7 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4870
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-4870
Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/32164
Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/33149
Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/33624
Third Party Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-16.xml
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/29/10
Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0205.html
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