Executive Summary



This Alert is flagged as TOP 25 Common Weakness Enumeration from CWE/SANS. For more information, you can read this.
Informations
Name CVE-2008-4870 First vendor Publication 2008-10-31
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2022-02-03

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Cvss Base Score 2.1 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 3.9 Authentication None Required
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Detail

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.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4870

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource (CWE/SANS Top 25)

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10776
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10776
Title: 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.
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.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2008-4870
 Version: 5
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
CentOS Linux 5
Oracle Linux 5
 Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:21764
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:21764
Title: ELSA-2009:0205: dovecot security and bug fix update (Low)
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.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): ELSA-2009:0205-02
CVE-2008-4577
CVE-2008-4870
 Version: 13
Platform(s): Oracle Linux 5
 Product(s): dovecot
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:29313
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:29313
Title: RHSA-2009:0205 -- dovecot security and bug fix update (Low)
Description: An updated dovecot package that corrects two security flaws and various bugs is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. This update has been rated as having low security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. Dovecot is an IMAP server for Linux and UNIX-like systems, primarily written with security in mind.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): RHSA-2009:0205
CVE-2008-4577
CVE-2008-4870
 Version: 3
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
 Product(s): dovecot
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2009-06-05 Name : Ubuntu USN-698-1 (nagios)
File : nvt/ubuntu_698_1.nasl
2009-01-26 Name : RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2009:0205
File : nvt/RHSA_2009_0205.nasl
2008-12-29 Name : Ubuntu USN-697-1 (imlib2)
File : nvt/ubuntu_697_1.nasl
2008-12-29 Name : Ubuntu USN-698-2 (nagios3)
File : nvt/ubuntu_698_2.nasl
2008-12-29 Name : Ubuntu USN-699-1 (blender)
File : nvt/ubuntu_699_1.nasl
2008-12-23 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200812-16 (dovecot)
File : nvt/glsa_200812_16.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
50253 Dovecot dovecot.conf Permission Weakness Local ssl_key_password Parameter Dis...

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2012-08-01 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing a security update.
File : sl_20090120_dovecot_on_SL5_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-01-21 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.
File : redhat-RHSA-2009-0205.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-12-15 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-200812-16.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

Source Url
CONFIRM https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=436287
GENTOO http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-16.xml
MLIST http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/29/10
OVAL https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.ova...
REDHAT http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0205.html
SECUNIA http://secunia.com/advisories/32164
http://secunia.com/advisories/33149
http://secunia.com/advisories/33624
XF https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46323

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