CVE-2020-24386

medium

Description

An issue was discovered in Dovecot before 2.3.13. By using IMAP IDLE, an authenticated attacker can trigger unhibernation via attacker-controlled parameters, leading to access to other users' email messages (and path disclosure).

References

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https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4825

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-01

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GXDKFLOCUP7I4ELGQ2F4P5TGC6NXMYV7/

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/01/04/4

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Jan/18

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160842/Dovecot-2.3.11.3-Access-Bypass.html

https://dovecot.org/security

https://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot-news/2021-January/000450.html

https://doc.dovecot.org/configuration_manual/hibernation/

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2021-01-04

Updated: 2023-11-07

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.9

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N