CVE-2008-5301

Publication date 1 December 2008

Last updated 24 July 2024

Directory traversal vulnerability in the ManageSieve implementation in Dovecot 1.0.15, 1.1, and 1.2 allows remote attackers to read and modify arbitrary .sieve files via a ".." (dot dot) in a script name.

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
dovecot	9.04 jaunty	Not affected
	8.10 intrepid	Fixed 1:1.1.4-0ubuntu1.3
	8.04 LTS hardy	Not affected
	7.10 gutsy	Not affected
	6.06 LTS dapper	Not affected

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Notes

mdeslaur

ManageSieve is only present as a patch in Intrepid+

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
dovecot	Upstream: http://www.rename-it.nl/dovecot/1.1/dovecot-1.1-managesieve-0.10.3-security.patch

References

MITRE
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-838-1
Dovecot vulnerabilities
28 September 2009

Other references

http://dovecot.org/list/dovecot/2008-November/035259.html
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5301