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TI-2008-05046 Aliases CVE-2008-5301GHSA-gp93-h8f7-238h

Directory traversal vulnerability in the ManageSieve implementation in Dovecot 1.0.15…

Priority LOW 32CWE-22Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Partial · Partial · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

Directory traversal vulnerability in the ManageSieve implementation in Dovecot 1.0.15, 1.1, and 1.2 allows remote attackers to read and modify arbitrary .sieve files via a ".." (dot dot) in a script name.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01829 78th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 21

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:0.99.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.99.13VulnerableThe Dovecot Project
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:0.99.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.99.14VulnerableThe Dovecot Project
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0VulnerableThe Dovecot Project
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0.2VulnerableThe Dovecot Project
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0.3VulnerableThe Dovecot Project
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0.4VulnerableThe Dovecot Project
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0.5VulnerableThe Dovecot Project
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0.6VulnerableThe Dovecot Project
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0.7VulnerableThe Dovecot Project
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0.8VulnerableThe Dovecot Project
Show 11 more CPE
CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0.9VulnerableThe Dovecot Project
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0.10VulnerableThe Dovecot Project
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0.12VulnerableThe Dovecot Project
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.1VulnerableThe Dovecot Project
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.1:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*1.1 rc2VulnerableThe Dovecot Project
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.1.0VulnerableThe Dovecot Project
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.1.1VulnerableThe Dovecot Project
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.1.2VulnerableThe Dovecot Project
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.1.3VulnerableThe Dovecot Project
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.1.4VulnerableThe Dovecot Project
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.1.5VulnerableThe Dovecot Project

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2008-5301
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-gp93-h8f7-238h

References

Patch 1

Advisory 1

Other 1

  • TI-2019-08591 In Dovecot before 2.2.36.4 and 2.3.x before 2.3.7.2 (and Pigeonhole before 0.5.7.2)… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2020-05686 lib-smtp in submission-login and lmtp in Dovecot 2.3.9 before 2.3.9.3 mishandles… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2016-07114 The auth component in Dovecot before 2.2.27, when auth-policy is configured, allows a… CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 5.9
  • TI-2017-10567 Out-of-bounds read in Dovecot CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.1
  • TI-2022-12706 An issue was discovered in the auth component in Dovecot 2.2 and 2.3 before 2.3.20. CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2020-08835 In Dovecot before 2.3.10.1, unauthenticated sending of malformed parameters to a NOOP… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
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