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
2008-11-01T00:00:01Z
Modified
2025-09-18T05:19:48Z
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

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Debian:12 / dovecot

Package

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

Affected ranges

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Debian:13 / dovecot

Package

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

Affected ranges

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Debian:14 / dovecot

Package

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

Affected ranges

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}