CVE-2013-6171

CVSS V2 Medium 5.8 CVSS V3 None
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2013-6171
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2013-12-09T16:36:47
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2018-03-16T01:29:00
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-287 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/287.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2.2.6
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.0.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.0.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.0.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.0.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.1:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.1:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.1:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.1:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.1:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.1.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.1.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.1.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.1.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.1.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.1.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.2:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.2:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.2:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.2:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.2:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.2:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.2:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 5.8
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 4.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2013-November/000264.html Patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/54808 Vendor Advisory
http://wiki2.dovecot.org/AuthDatabase/CheckPassword#Security
http://cpanel.net/tsr-2013-0010-full-disclosure/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3556-2/
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-6171
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-6171
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 18:47:23 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-01 21:08:27 2013-12-09T16:36Z 2013-12-09T16:36:47 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-01 21:08:27 2018-03-16T01:29:00 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-01 21:08:27 Modified Vulnerability Status updated