CVE-2008-1218
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8EPSS 7.3%EU EUVD
Argument injection vulnerability in Dovecot 1.0.x before 1.0.13, and 1.1.x before 1.1.rc3, when using blocking passdbs, allows remote attackers to bypass the password check via a password containing TAB characters, which are treated as argument delimiters that enable the skip_password_check field to be specified.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-255
- EPSS score
- 7.3% (94th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-1227)
- Published
- March 10, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-1227 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- 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/29295
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29364
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29385
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29396
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29557
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32151
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-25.xml
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0108
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1516
- http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2008-March/000064.html
- http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2008-March/000065.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489481/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28181
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41085
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2341
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/593-1/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5257
- 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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