CVE-2011-2167

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2011-05-11
Bugzilla:
709097: CVE-2011-2167 dovecot: directory traversal due to not obeying chroot directive

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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.

Find out more about CVE-2011-2167 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 3.6
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity High
Authentication Single
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (dovecot) RHSA-2013:0520 2013-02-20

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 dovecot Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 dovecot Not affected

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