| Name | CVE-2008-4870 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| dovecot (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 1:2.2.13-12~deb8u9 | vulnerable |
| stretch (security) | 1:2.2.27-3+deb9u7 | vulnerable |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 1:2.2.27-3+deb9u8 | vulnerable |
| buster, buster (lts) | 1:2.3.4.1-5+deb10u8 | vulnerable |
| buster (security) | 1:2.3.4.1-5+deb10u7 | vulnerable |
| bullseye | 1:2.3.13+dfsg1-2+deb11u1 | vulnerable |
| bullseye (security) | 1:2.3.13+dfsg1-2+deb11u2 | vulnerable |
| bookworm (security), bookworm | 1:2.3.19.1+dfsg1-2.1+deb12u1 | vulnerable |
| sid, trixie | 1:2.3.21.1+dfsg1-1 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| dovecot | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | unimportant | | |
Notes
by default this file doesnt containt sensitive information and administrator
changing this should ensure on its own that the mode is secure