DEBIAN-CVE-2009-3897

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-3897
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2009-3897.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2009-3897
Upstream
Published
2009-11-24T17:30:00.407Z
Modified
2025-11-19T01:08:49.120063Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

Dovecot 1.2.x before 1.2.8 sets 0777 permissions during creation of certain directories at installation time, which allows local users to access arbitrary user accounts by replacing the auth socket, related to the parent directories of the basedir directory, and possibly the basedir directory itself.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / dovecot

Package

Name
dovecot
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/dovecot?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:1.2.8-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "medium"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2009-3897.json"

Debian:12 / dovecot

Package

Name
dovecot
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/dovecot?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:1.2.8-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "medium"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2009-3897.json"

Debian:13 / dovecot

Package

Name
dovecot
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/dovecot?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:1.2.8-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "medium"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2009-3897.json"

Debian:14 / dovecot

Package

Name
dovecot
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/dovecot?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:1.2.8-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "medium"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2009-3897.json"