ALPINE-CVE-2021-29157

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Source
https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2021-29157
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2021-29157.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/ALPINE-CVE-2021-29157
Upstream
Published
2021-06-28T12:15:08Z
Modified
2026-08-27T22:17:55Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

Dovecot before 2.3.15 allows ../ Path Traversal. An attacker with access to the local filesystem can trick OAuth2 authentication into using an HS256 validation key from an attacker-controlled location. This occurs during use of local JWT validation with the posix fs driver.

References

Affected packages

Alpine:v3.11
dovecot

Package

Name
dovecot
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/dovecot?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
2.3.11
Fixed
2.3.15-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2021-29157.json"
Alpine:v3.12
dovecot

Package

Name
dovecot
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/dovecot?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
2.3.11
Fixed
2.3.15-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2021-29157.json"
Alpine:v3.13
dovecot

Package

Name
dovecot
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/dovecot?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
2.3.11
Fixed
2.3.15-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2021-29157.json"
Alpine:v3.14
dovecot

Package

Name
dovecot
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/dovecot?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
2.3.11
Fixed
2.3.15-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2021-29157.json"
Alpine:v3.15
dovecot

Package

Name
dovecot
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/dovecot?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
2.3.11
Fixed
2.3.15-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2021-29157.json"
Alpine:v3.16
dovecot

Package

Name
dovecot
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/dovecot?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
2.3.11
Fixed
2.3.15-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2021-29157.json"
Alpine:v3.17
dovecot

Package

Name
dovecot
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/dovecot?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
2.3.11
Fixed
2.3.15-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2021-29157.json"
Alpine:v3.18
dovecot

Package

Name
dovecot
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/dovecot?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
2.3.11
Fixed
2.3.15-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2021-29157.json"
Alpine:v3.19
dovecot

Package

Name
dovecot
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/dovecot?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
2.3.11
Fixed
2.3.15-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2021-29157.json"
Alpine:v3.20
dovecot

Package

Name
dovecot
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/dovecot?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
2.3.11
Fixed
2.3.15-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2021-29157.json"
Alpine:v3.21
dovecot

Package

Name
dovecot
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/dovecot?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
2.3.11
Fixed
2.3.15-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2021-29157.json"
Alpine:v3.22
dovecot

Package

Name
dovecot
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/dovecot?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
2.3.11
Fixed
2.3.15-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2021-29157.json"
Alpine:v3.23
dovecot

Package

Name
dovecot
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/dovecot?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
2.3.11
Fixed
2.3.15-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2021-29157.json"
Alpine:v3.24
dovecot

Package

Name
dovecot
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/dovecot?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
2.3.11
Fixed
2.3.15-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2021-29157.json"