Directory Traversal Affecting dovecot23-backend-sqlite package, versions <2.3.11.3-4.35.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.47% (37th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES150-DOVECOT23BACKENDSQLITE-2672425
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed22 Jun 2021

Introduced: 22 Jun 2021

CVE-2021-29157  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-22  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.0 dovecot23-backend-sqlite to version 2.3.11.3-4.35.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream dovecot23-backend-sqlite package and not the dovecot23-backend-sqlite package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.0 relevant fixed versions and status.

Dovecot before 2.3.15 allows ../ Path Traversal. An attacker with access to the local filesystem can trick OAuth2 authentication into using an HS256 validation key from an attacker-controlled location. This occurs during use of local JWT validation with the posix fs driver.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1