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CVE-2013-6171

CVE-2013-6171 PUBLISHED

Reported by mitre · Published December 9, 2013

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.

Fixed versions

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PackageEcosystemFixed in
dovecotdovecot2.2.6

Affected products

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Timeline

  • Dec 9, 2013 CVE Published
  • Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score (30 in total, the first dated here)
  • Jul 16, 2025 CVE Rejected
  • Jul 16, 2025 CVE Updated
  • Mar 5, 2026 Distribution Patch
  • Mar 5, 2026 Security Advisory (2 in total, the first dated here)
  • Oct 22, 2026 Coalition ESS Score

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