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CVE-2009-3897 Detail

Description

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.


Metrics

 
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00007.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List 
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125871729029145&w=2 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Patch 
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125881481222441&w=2 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List 
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125900267208712&w=2 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Patch 
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125900271508796&w=2 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List 
http://secunia.com/advisories/37443 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2009-November/000143.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:306 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Not Applicable 
http://www.osvdb.org/60316 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37084 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link  Patch  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3306 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch  Permissions Required  Vendor Advisory 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54363 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2009-3897
NVD Published Date:
11/24/2009
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.