CVE-2008-1218

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

1.0

Description

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

55%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-5257 remote multiple verified

kingcope · 2008-03-14

Dovecot IMAP 1.0.10 < 1.1rc2 - Remote Email Disclosure

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

OS impact

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`1:1.0.13-1`
sid	Fixed	`1:1.0.13-1`
forky	Fixed	`1:1.0.13-1`
bullseye	Fixed	`1:1.0.13-1`
bookworm	Fixed	`1:1.0.13-1`

References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-1218

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.