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Dovecot weak permissions
Published: 01.12.2009
Source: BUGTRAQ
SecurityVulns ID: 10433
Type: local
Level: 5/10
Description: Weak permissions during installation.

Affected: DOVECOT : Dovecot 1.2
CVE: CVE-2009-3897 (Dovecot 1.2.x before 1.2.8 sets 0777 permissions during creation of certain directories at installation time, which allows local users to access arbitrary user accounts by replacing the auth socket, related to the parent directories of the base_dir directory, and possibly the base_dir directory itself.)

Original document MANDRIVA, [ MDVSA-2009:306 ] dovecot (01.12.2009)

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