CVE-2007-2231
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3EPSS 2.1%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N- EPSS score
- 2.1% (82th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-2226)
- Published
- April 25, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-2226 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- dovecot / dovecot
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References
- http://dovecot.org/doc/NEWS
- http://dovecot.org/list/dovecot-cvs/2007-March/008488.html
- http://dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2007-March/000038.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25072
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30342
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1359
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_8_sr.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0297.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/466168/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23552
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-487-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1452
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34082
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10995
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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