Upstream information

CVE-2013-6171 at MITRE

Description

checkpassword-reply in Dovecot before 2.2.7 performs setuid operations to a user who is authenticating, which allows local users to bypass authentication and access virtual email accounts by attaching to the process and using a restricted file descriptor to modify account information in the response to the dovecot-auth server.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Does not affect SUSE products

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 5.8
Vector AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 849671 [RESOLVED / WONTFIX]

No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.


Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products under general support and receiving all security fixes.
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 dovecot Analysis
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 dovecot23 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 dovecot Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 dovecot22 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 dovecot Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 dovecot23 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP5 dovecot Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP5 dovecot23 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP3 dovecot Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP3 dovecot23 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 dovecot Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 dovecot22 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS dovecot Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS dovecot22 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 dovecot Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 dovecot23 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 dovecot Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 dovecot22 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 dovecot Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 dovecot23 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 dovecot Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 dovecot23 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 dovecot22 Analysis
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 dovecot Analysis
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 dovecot23 Analysis
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 dovecot Analysis
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 dovecot23 Analysis
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 dovecot Analysis
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 dovecot23 Analysis
Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS dovecot Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS dovecot23 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS dovecot Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS dovecot23 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-ESPOS dovecot Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-ESPOS dovecot23 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS dovecot Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS dovecot23 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 dovecot Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 dovecot23 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP4 dovecot Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP4 dovecot23 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL dovecot Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL dovecot22 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS dovecot Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS dovecot23 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS dovecot Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS dovecot23 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 dovecot Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 dovecot23 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 dovecot Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 dovecot23 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 dovecot Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 dovecot23 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 dovecot Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 dovecot23 Analysis
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
HPE Helion OpenStack 8 dovecot Analysis
HPE Helion OpenStack 8 dovecot22 Analysis
SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 dovecot Analysis
SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 dovecot23 Analysis
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7 dovecot Analysis
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7 dovecot23 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 dovecot22 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 dovecot22 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 dovecot22 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 dovecot22 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 dovecot22 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 dovecot Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 dovecot22 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 dovecot Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 dovecot22 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1-LTSS dovecot Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1-LTSS dovecot22 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 dovecot Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 dovecot22 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-ESPOS dovecot Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-ESPOS dovecot22 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS dovecot Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS dovecot22 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 dovecot Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 dovecot22 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL dovecot Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL dovecot22 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-ESPOS dovecot Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-ESPOS dovecot22 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS dovecot Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS dovecot22 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 dovecot Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 dovecot22 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-ESPOS dovecot Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-ESPOS dovecot22 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS dovecot Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS dovecot22 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-LTSS dovecot Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-LTSS dovecot23 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS dovecot Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS dovecot23 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 dovecot Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 dovecot22 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 dovecot22 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 dovecot Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 dovecot22 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 dovecot Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 dovecot22 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 dovecot Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 dovecot22 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 dovecot Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 dovecot22 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 dovecot22 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1 dovecot22 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2 dovecot22 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3 dovecot22 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4 dovecot22 Analysis
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 dovecot Analysis
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 dovecot23 Analysis
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 dovecot Analysis
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 dovecot23 Analysis
SUSE Manager Server 4.2 dovecot Analysis
SUSE Manager Server 4.2 dovecot23 Analysis
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 dovecot Analysis
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 dovecot22 Analysis
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 dovecot Analysis
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 dovecot22 Analysis
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 dovecot Analysis
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 dovecot22 Analysis
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 dovecot Analysis
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 dovecot22 Analysis
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 dovecot Analysis
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 dovecot22 Analysis


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CVE page created: Fri Nov 8 21:15:29 2013
CVE page last modified: Thu Feb 1 00:34:45 2024