VDB
CVE-2013-6171
CVE-2013-6171
REJECTED
checkpassword-reply in Dovecot before 2.2.7 performs setuid operations to a user who is authenticating, which allows local users to bypass authentication and access virtual email accounts by attaching to the process and using a restricted file descriptor to modify account information in the response to the dovecot-auth server.
EPSS 0.25% · 48.0th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
0.25%
48.0th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | dovecot | 0, 1:2.1.7-7ubuntu3, * |
Exploit Intelligence
Timeline
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 20, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 12, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 3, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 18, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 8, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 2, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 25, 2023 EPSS Score
- Jul 16, 2023 EPSS Score
- Sep 7, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-6171 third-party-advisory
- http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2013-November/000264.html third-party-advisory
- http://wiki2.dovecot.org/AuthDatabase/CheckPassword#Security third-party-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3556-2 vendor-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-6171 third-party-advisory