DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4870

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-4870
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4870.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4870
Upstream
Published
2008-11-01T00:00:01.273Z
Modified
2025-11-17T04:14:03.745135Z
Summary
[none]
Details

dovecot 1.0.7 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5, and possibly Fedora, uses world-readable permissions for dovecot.conf, which allows local users to obtain the sslkeypassword parameter value.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / dovecot

Package

Name
dovecot
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/dovecot?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1:2.*

1:2.3.13+dfsg1-2
1:2.3.13+dfsg1-2+deb11u1
1:2.3.13+dfsg1-2+deb11u2
1:2.3.16+dfsg1-1
1:2.3.16+dfsg1-2
1:2.3.16+dfsg1-3
1:2.3.17.1+dfsg1-1
1:2.3.18+dfsg1-1
1:2.3.19+dfsg1-1
1:2.3.19.1+dfsg1-1
1:2.3.19.1+dfsg1-2
1:2.3.19.1+dfsg1-2.1
1:2.3.20+dfsg1-1
1:2.3.21+dfsg1-1
1:2.3.21+dfsg1-2
1:2.3.21+dfsg1-3~bpo12+1
1:2.3.21+dfsg1-3
1:2.3.21.1+dfsg1-1~bpo12+1
1:2.3.21.1+dfsg1-1
1:2.4.0+dfsg1-1~exp1
1:2.4.0+dfsg1-1~exp2
1:2.4.0+dfsg1-1~exp3
1:2.4.0+dfsg1-1~exp4
1:2.4.0+dfsg1-1~exp5
1:2.4.0+dfsg1-1~exp6
1:2.4.1+dfsg1-1~exp1
1:2.4.1+dfsg1-1~exp2
1:2.4.1+dfsg1-1
1:2.4.1+dfsg1-2
1:2.4.1+dfsg1-3
1:2.4.1+dfsg1-4
1:2.4.1+dfsg1-5
1:2.4.1+dfsg1-6~exp1
1:2.4.1+dfsg1-6
1:2.4.1+dfsg1-7
1:2.4.1+dfsg1-8
1:2.4.1+dfsg1-9
1:2.4.2+dfsg1-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4870.json"

Debian:12 / dovecot

Package

Name
dovecot
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/dovecot?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1:2.*

1:2.3.19.1+dfsg1-2.1
1:2.3.19.1+dfsg1-2.1+deb12u1
1:2.3.20+dfsg1-1
1:2.3.21+dfsg1-1
1:2.3.21+dfsg1-2
1:2.3.21+dfsg1-3~bpo12+1
1:2.3.21+dfsg1-3
1:2.3.21.1+dfsg1-1~bpo12+1
1:2.3.21.1+dfsg1-1
1:2.4.0+dfsg1-1~exp1
1:2.4.0+dfsg1-1~exp2
1:2.4.0+dfsg1-1~exp3
1:2.4.0+dfsg1-1~exp4
1:2.4.0+dfsg1-1~exp5
1:2.4.0+dfsg1-1~exp6
1:2.4.1+dfsg1-1~exp1
1:2.4.1+dfsg1-1~exp2
1:2.4.1+dfsg1-1
1:2.4.1+dfsg1-2
1:2.4.1+dfsg1-3
1:2.4.1+dfsg1-4
1:2.4.1+dfsg1-5
1:2.4.1+dfsg1-6~exp1
1:2.4.1+dfsg1-6
1:2.4.1+dfsg1-7
1:2.4.1+dfsg1-8
1:2.4.1+dfsg1-9
1:2.4.2+dfsg1-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4870.json"

Debian:13 / dovecot

Package

Name
dovecot
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/dovecot?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1:2.*

1:2.4.1+dfsg1-6
1:2.4.1+dfsg1-6+deb13u1
1:2.4.1+dfsg1-6+deb13u2
1:2.4.1+dfsg1-7
1:2.4.1+dfsg1-8
1:2.4.1+dfsg1-9
1:2.4.2+dfsg1-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4870.json"

Debian:14 / dovecot

Package

Name
dovecot
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/dovecot?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1:2.*

1:2.4.1+dfsg1-6
1:2.4.1+dfsg1-7
1:2.4.1+dfsg1-8
1:2.4.1+dfsg1-9
1:2.4.2+dfsg1-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4870.json"