Bug 469659 (CVE-2008-4870) - CVE-2008-4870 dovecot: ssl_key_password disclosure due to an insecure dovecot.conf permissions
Summary: CVE-2008-4870 dovecot: ssl_key_password disclosure due to an insecure dovecot...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2008-4870
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
low
low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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URL: http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=C...
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Depends On: 436287
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2008-11-03 10:12 UTC by Tomas Hoger
Modified: 2019-09-29 12:26 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2011-09-30 20:56:42 UTC
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2009:0205 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Low: dovecot security and bug fix update 2009-01-20 16:06:11 UTC

Description Tomas Hoger 2008-11-03 10:12:54 UTC
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures assigned an identifier CVE-2008-4870 to the following vulnerability:

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.

References:
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/29/10
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=436287

Comment 1 Kurt Seifried 2011-09-30 20:56:42 UTC
This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Red Hat Linux Enterprise 5
  
Via RHSA-2009:0205 available at https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0205.html


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