Directory Traversal Affecting dovecot package, versions <1:2.3.13+dfsg1-1ubuntu1.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.47% (37th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2104-DOVECOT-1314280
  • published24 Jun 2021
  • disclosed28 Jun 2021

Introduced: 24 Jun 2021

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

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:21.04 dovecot to version 1:2.3.13+dfsg1-1ubuntu1.1 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 Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:21.04 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