CVE-2007-2231 Affecting dovecot package, versions <1.0.rc29-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.72% (81st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-DOVECOT-1544351
  • published25 Apr 2007
  • disclosed25 Apr 2007

Introduced: 25 Apr 2007

CVE-2007-2231  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:12 dovecot to version 1.0.rc29-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream dovecot package and not the dovecot package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.

Directory traversal vulnerability in index/mbox/mbox-storage.c in Dovecot before 1.0.rc29, when using the zlib plugin, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary gzipped (.gz) mailboxes (mbox files) via a .. (dot dot) sequence in the mailbox name.

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