| Name | CVE-2009-3897 |
| Description | Dovecot 1.2.x before 1.2.8 sets 0777 permissions during creation of certain directories at installation time, which allows local users to access arbitrary user accounts by replacing the auth socket, related to the parent directories of the base_dir directory, and possibly the base_dir directory itself. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 557601 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| dovecot (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 1:2.2.13-12~deb8u9 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 1:2.2.27-3+deb9u7 | fixed | |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 1:2.2.27-3+deb9u8 | fixed | |
| buster, buster (lts) | 1:2.3.4.1-5+deb10u8 | fixed | |
| buster (security) | 1:2.3.4.1-5+deb10u7 | fixed | |
| bullseye | 1:2.3.13+dfsg1-2+deb11u1 | fixed | |
| bullseye (security) | 1:2.3.13+dfsg1-2+deb11u2 | fixed | |
| bookworm (security), bookworm | 1:2.3.19.1+dfsg1-2.1+deb12u1 | fixed | |
| sid, trixie | 1:2.3.21.1+dfsg1-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| dovecot | source | etch | (not affected) | |||
| dovecot | source | lenny | (not affected) | |||
| dovecot | source | (unstable) | 1:1.2.8-1 | medium | 557601 |
[lenny] - dovecot <not-affected> (Only affects 1.2.x)
[etch] - dovecot <not-affected> (Only affects 1.2.x)