CVE-2008-1199
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1199
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2008-1199.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2008-1199
- Downstream
- Published
- 2008-03-06T21:44:00Z
- Modified
- 2025-08-09T20:01:27Z
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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Dovecot before 1.0.11, when configured to use mailextragroups 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.
- References
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- http://secunia.com/advisories/29226
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29385
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29396
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29557
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30342
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32151
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-25.xml
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1516
- http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2008-March/000061.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28092
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00004.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0297.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489133/100/0/threaded
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41009
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10739
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/593-1/
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00358.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00381.html