CVE-2008-1218

Published: Mar 10, 2008Modified: Apr 23, 2026

6.8

Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability: 8.6 / Impact: 6.4

Source: NVD

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.

Affected (2)

Products: Dovecot: Dovecot

1 product

Configuration A

2 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Dovecot Dovecot	Up to 1.0.12
Dovecot Dovecot	Up to 1.1

Related CWEs

References (42)

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00004.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/29226

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/29295

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/29364

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/29385

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/29396

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/29557

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/32151

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-25.xml

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0108

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1516

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2008-March/000064.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2008-March/000065.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489481/100/0/threaded

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28181

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41085

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2341

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://usn.ubuntu.com/593-1/

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5257

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00358.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00381.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00004.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://secunia.com/advisories/29226

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://secunia.com/advisories/29295

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://secunia.com/advisories/29364

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://secunia.com/advisories/29385

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://secunia.com/advisories/29396

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://secunia.com/advisories/29557

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://secunia.com/advisories/32151

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-25.xml

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0108

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1516

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2008-March/000064.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2008-March/000065.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489481/100/0/threaded

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28181

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41085

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2341

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://usn.ubuntu.com/593-1/

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5257

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00358.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00381.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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