Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource Affecting dovecot package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.37% (29th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-DOVECOT-19427105
  • published29 Aug 2026
  • disclosed1 Nov 2008

Introduced: 1 Nov 2008

CVE-2008-4870  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-732  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Echo:latest dovecot.

NVD Description

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

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 ssl_key_password parameter value.

CVSS Base Scores

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