CVE-2008-1199

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2008-03-04
Bugzilla:
436927: CVE-2008-1199 dovecot: insecure mail_extra_groups option

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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.

Find out more about CVE-2008-1199 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

Red Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2008-1199

This issue does not affect the default configuration of Dovecot as shipped in Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having moderate security impact, a future update may address this flaw.

An update to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 was released to correct this issue:
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0297.html

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 3.7
Base Metrics AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity High
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (dovecot) RHSA-2008:0297 2008-05-20

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