CVE-2011-2167
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5EPSS 2.2%EU EUVD
script-login in Dovecot 2.0.x before 2.0.13 does not follow the chroot configuration setting, which might allow remote authenticated users to conduct directory traversal attacks by leveraging a script.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-22
- EPSS score
- 2.2% (83th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2011-2159)
- Published
- May 24, 2011
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2011-2159 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- dovecot / dovecot
- dovecot / dovecot
- dovecot / dovecot
- dovecot / dovecot
- dovecot / dovecot
- dovecot / dovecot
- dovecot / dovecot
- dovecot / dovecot
- dovecot / dovecot
- dovecot / dovecot
- dovecot / dovecot
- dovecot / dovecot
- dovecot / dovecot
References
- http://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot/2011-May/059085.html(Patch)
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/18/4(Patch)
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0520.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/52311
- http://www.dovecot.org/doc/NEWS-2.0
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48003
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67674
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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