CVE-2007-2231

N/A Unknown

Published: April 25, 2007 Modified: April 23, 2026

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in index/mbox/mbox-storage.c in Dovecot before 1.0.rc29, when using the zlib plugin, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary gzipped (.gz) mailboxes (mbox files) via a .. (dot dot) sequence in the mailbox name.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://dovecot.org/doc/NEWS

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://dovecot.org/list/dovecot-cvs/2007-March/008488.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2007-March/000038.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/25072

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/30342

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1359

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_8_sr.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0297.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/466168/100/0/threaded

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23552

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-487-1

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1452

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34082

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10995

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://dovecot.org/doc/NEWS