CVE-2008-4870

N/A
Published: October 31, 2008 at 10:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:58 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorDovecot· also runs on 1 platform

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%

Description

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

redhat-enterprise-linux (environment)

Runs on — not affected

The affected product only carries this flaw when running on these platforms. The platforms themselves are not vulnerable.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (9)

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/32164
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/33149
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/33624
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-16.xml
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/29/10
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0205.html
x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=436287
VDB Entryx_refsource_XFThird Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46323

CVSS

Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-732

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