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CVE-2007-2231

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Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in index/mbox/mbox-storage.c in Dovecot before 1.0.rc29, when using the zlib plugin, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary gzipped (.gz) mailboxes (mbox files) via a .. (dot dot) sequence in the mailbox name.

References

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10995

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34082

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2007-2226

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1452

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-487-1

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23552

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/466168/100/0/threaded

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0297.html

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_8_sr.html

http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1359

http://secunia.com/advisories/30342

http://secunia.com/advisories/25072

http://dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2007-March/000038.html

http://dovecot.org/list/dovecot-cvs/2007-March/008488.html

http://dovecot.org/doc/NEWS

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2007-04-25

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.02123

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