Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2008-1218 (CCN-41085)

Assigned:2008-03-09
Published:2008-03-09
Updated:2018-10-11
Summary:Argument injection vulnerability in Dovecot 1.0.x before 1.0.13, and 1.1.x before 1.1.rc3, when using blocking passdbs, allows remote attackers to bypass the password check via a password containing TAB characters, which are treated as argument delimiters that enable the skip_password_check field to be specified.
CVSS v3 Severity:7.3 High (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Low
Integrity (I): Low
Availibility (A): Low
CVSS v2 Severity:6.8 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
5.6 Medium (Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:F/RL:OF/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): Partial
Availibility (A): Partial
7.5 High (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
6.2 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:F/RL:OF/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): Partial
Availibility (A): Partial
Vulnerability Type:CWE-255
Vulnerability Consequences:Bypass Security
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2008-1218

Source: CCN
Type: Dovecot Download Web site
Secure IMAP server

Source: CCN
Type: Dovecot Changelog, Sun Mar 9 13:09:44 EET 2008
Security hole #6: Some passdbs allowed users to log in without a valid password

Source: SUSE
Type: UNKNOWN
SUSE-SR:2008:020

Source: SECUNIA
Type: UNKNOWN
29226

Source: CCN
Type: SA29295
Dovecot Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

Source: SECUNIA
Type: UNKNOWN
29295

Source: SECUNIA
Type: UNKNOWN
29364

Source: SECUNIA
Type: UNKNOWN
29385

Source: SECUNIA
Type: UNKNOWN
29396

Source: SECUNIA
Type: UNKNOWN
29557

Source: SECUNIA
Type: UNKNOWN
32151

Source: GENTOO
Type: UNKNOWN
GLSA-200803-25

Source: MISC
Type: UNKNOWN
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0108

Source: DEBIAN
Type: UNKNOWN
DSA-1516

Source: DEBIAN
Type: DSA-1516
dovecot -- privilege escalation

Source: MLIST
Type: UNKNOWN
[Dovecot-news] 20080309 Security hole #6: Some passdbs allowed users to log in without a valid password

Source: MLIST
Type: UNKNOWN
[Dovecot-news] 20080309 v1.0.13 and v1.1.rc3 released

Source: CCN
Type: GLSA-200803-25
Dovecot: Multiple vulnerabilities

Source: CCN
Type: OSVDB ID: 42979
Dovecot passdbs Argument Injection Authentication Bypass

Source: BUGTRAQ
Type: UNKNOWN
20080312 rPSA-2008-0108-1 dovecot

Source: BID
Type: UNKNOWN
28181

Source: CCN
Type: BID-28181
Dovecot 'Tab' Character Password Check Security Bypass Vulnerability

Source: CCN
Type: USN-593-1
Dovecot vulnerabilities

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
dovecot-tab-authentication-bypass(41085)

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
dovecot-tab-authentication-bypass(41085)

Source: CONFIRM
Type: UNKNOWN
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2341

Source: UBUNTU
Type: UNKNOWN
USN-593-1

Source: EXPLOIT-DB
Type: UNKNOWN
5257

Source: FEDORA
Type: UNKNOWN
FEDORA-2008-2464

Source: FEDORA
Type: UNKNOWN
FEDORA-2008-2475

Source: SUSE
Type: SUSE-SR:2008:020
SUSE Security Summary Report

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/a:dovecot:dovecot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version <= 1.0.12)
  • OR cpe:/a:dovecot:dovecot:*:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version <= 1.1)

  • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    Oval Definitions
    Definition IDClassTitleLast Modified
    oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17635
    P
    USN-593-1 -- dovecot vulnerabilities
    2014-06-30
    oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8054
    P
    DSA-1516 dovecot -- privilege escalation
    2014-06-23
    oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18006
    P
    DSA-1516-1 dovecot - privilege escalation
    2014-06-23
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:20081218
    V
    CVE-2008-1218
    2012-11-01
    oval:org.debian:def:1516
    V
    privilege escalation
    2008-03-14
    BACK
    dovecot dovecot *
    dovecot dovecot * rc2