CVE-2008-1199
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.4EPSS 0.3%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.4 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-16
- EPSS score
- 0.3% (28th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-1208)
- Published
- March 6, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-1208 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- dovecot / dovecot
- dovecot / dovecot
- dovecot / dovecot
- dovecot / dovecot
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- dovecot / dovecot
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- dovecot / dovecot
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- dovecot / dovecot
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- dovecot / dovecot
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- dovecot / dovecot
- dovecot / dovecot
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- dovecot / dovecot
- dovecot / dovecot
- dovecot / dovecot
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- dovecot / dovecot
- dovecot / dovecot
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00004.html
- 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(Patch)
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0297.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489133/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28092(Patch)
- 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
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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