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CVE-2009-3897

Dovecot 1.2.x before 1.2.8 sets 0777 permissions during creation of certain directories at installation time, which allows local users to ac

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Summary

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.

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References 12

secunia.com

osvdb.org

marc.info

dovecot.org

lists.opensuse.org

vupen.com

securityfocus.com

mandriva.com

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com