CVE-2008-1218 EXPLOIT
6.8
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 7.3% (pctl 94)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Argument injection vulnerability in Dovecot 1.0.x before 1.0.13, and 1.1.x before 1.1.rc3, when using blocking passdbs, allows remote attackers to bypass the password check via a password containing TAB characters, which are treated as argument delimiters that enable the skip_password_check field to be specified.
Scoring
| CVSS | 6.8 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 7.34% — more likely to be exploited than 94% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-255 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2008-03-10 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| dovecot | dovecot |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Dovecot IMAP 1.0.10 < 1.1rc2 - Remote Email Disclosure | 2008-03-14 |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00004.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29226
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29295
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29364
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29385
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29396
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29557
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32151
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-25.xml
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0108
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1516
- http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2008-March/000064.html
- http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2008-March/000065.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489481/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28181
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41085
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2341
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/593-1/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5257
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00358.html
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