CVE-2013-6171

checkpassword-reply in Dovecot before 2.2.7 performs setuid operations to a user who is authenticating, which allows local users to bypass authentication and access virtual email accounts by attaching to the process and using a restricted file descriptor to modify account information in the...

CVE-2013-6171

CVE-2013-6171 affects Dovecot up to version 2.2.6 (before 2.2.7). The vulnerability arises in the checkpassword-reply path, which performs setuid operations to a user who is authenticating. This can allow a local attacker to bypass authentication and access virtual email accounts by attaching to ...

CVE-2013-6171

checkpassword-reply in Dovecot before 2.2.7 performs setuid operations to a user who is authenticating, which allows local users to bypass authentication and access virtual email accounts by attaching to the process and using a restricted file descriptor to modify account information in the...