VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2013-6171
CVSS score5.8 NONE
EPSS probability1.46%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2013-12-09
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Description
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 response to the dovecot-auth server.
Weakness classification
- nvd@nist.gov: CWE-287