CVE-2008-4870

Description

dovecot 1.0.7 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5, and possibly Fedora, uses world-readable permissions for dovecot.conf, which allows local users to obtain the ssl_key_password parameter value.

Category

2.1
CVSS
Severity: Low
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.04%
Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/32164 third party advisory broken link
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/29/10 third party advisory mailing list
http://secunia.com/advisories/33149 third party advisory broken link
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46323 third party advisory vdb entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=436287 third party advisory issue tracking
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-16.xml third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0205.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33624 third party advisory broken link
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10776 signature vdb entry tool signature

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2008-4870?
CVE-2008-4870 has been scored as a low severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2008-4870?
To fix CVE-2008-4870, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2008-4870 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2008-4870 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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