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CVE-2008-5301

Date: December 1, 2008

Directory traversal vulnerability in the ManageSieve implementation in Dovecot 1.0.15, 1.1, and 1.2 allows remote attackers to read and modify arbitrary .sieve files via a ".." (dot dot) in a script name.

Severity Score

6.5

Related Resources (10)

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-838-1

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2008-5301

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32582

Url: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46672

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/36904

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5301

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3190

Url: http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot/2008-November/035259.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/32768

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2008-5301

Severity Score

6.5

Weakness Type (CWE)

Path Traversal

CWE-22

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	6.5
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	LOW
Integrity (I):	LOW
Availability (A):	NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:	6.4
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	NONE
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