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.
Published: 2007-04-25
Score: 4.3 Medium
EPSS: 1.1% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1359-1 New dovecot packages fix directory traversal
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2007-2226 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-487-1 Dovecot vulnerability
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Dovecot Dovecot
Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T13:33:27.439Z

Reserved: 2007-04-25T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2007-2231

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Status : Modified

Published: 2007-04-25T15:19:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2007-2231

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2007-03-28T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2007-2231 - Bugzilla

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