DEBIAN-CVE-2013-6171

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-6171
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2013-6171.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2013-6171
Upstream
Published
2013-12-09T16:36:47.097Z
Modified
2025-11-19T01:06:24.196644Z
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

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
1:2.2.9-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2013-6171.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
1:2.2.9-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2013-6171.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
1:2.2.9-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2013-6171.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
1:2.2.9-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2013-6171.json"