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TI-2013-05192 Aliases CVE-2013-6171GHSA-f2q7-xh76-m34j

checkpassword-reply in Dovecot before 2.2.7 performs setuid operations to a user who is…

Priority LOW 29CWE-287Published · Updated

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-287.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01457 73rd 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 · 51

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 2.2.6VulnerableThe Dovecot Project
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*2.0 beta1VulnerableThe Dovecot Project
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.0.0VulnerableThe Dovecot Project
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.0.1VulnerableThe Dovecot Project
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.0.2VulnerableThe Dovecot Project
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.0.3VulnerableThe Dovecot Project
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.0.4VulnerableThe Dovecot Project
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.0.5VulnerableThe Dovecot Project
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.0.6VulnerableThe Dovecot Project
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.0.7VulnerableThe Dovecot Project
Show 41 more CPE
CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.0.8VulnerableThe Dovecot Project
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.0.9VulnerableThe Dovecot Project
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.0.10VulnerableThe Dovecot Project
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.0.11VulnerableThe Dovecot Project
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.0.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.0.12VulnerableThe Dovecot Project
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.0.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.0.13VulnerableThe Dovecot Project
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.0.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.0.14VulnerableThe Dovecot Project
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.0.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.0.15VulnerableThe Dovecot Project
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*2.1 rc1VulnerableThe Dovecot Project
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.1:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*2.1 rc2VulnerableThe Dovecot Project
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.1:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*2.1 rc3VulnerableThe Dovecot Project
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.1:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*2.1 rc5VulnerableThe Dovecot Project
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.1:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*2.1 rc6VulnerableThe Dovecot Project
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.1:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:*2.1 rc7VulnerableThe Dovecot Project
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.1.0VulnerableThe Dovecot Project
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.1.1VulnerableThe Dovecot Project
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.1.2VulnerableThe Dovecot Project
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.1.3VulnerableThe Dovecot Project
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.1.4VulnerableThe Dovecot Project
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.1.5VulnerableThe Dovecot Project
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.1.6VulnerableThe Dovecot Project
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.1.7VulnerableThe Dovecot Project
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.1.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.1.10VulnerableThe Dovecot Project
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.1.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.1.11VulnerableThe Dovecot Project
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.1.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.1.12VulnerableThe Dovecot Project
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.1.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.1.13VulnerableThe Dovecot Project
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.1.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.1.14VulnerableThe Dovecot Project
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.1.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.1.15VulnerableThe Dovecot Project
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.2:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*2.2 rc1VulnerableThe Dovecot Project
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.2:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*2.2 rc2VulnerableThe Dovecot Project
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.2:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*2.2 rc3VulnerableThe Dovecot Project
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.2:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*2.2 rc4VulnerableThe Dovecot Project
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.2:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*2.2 rc5VulnerableThe Dovecot Project
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.2:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*2.2 rc6VulnerableThe Dovecot Project
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.2:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:*2.2 rc7VulnerableThe Dovecot Project
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.2.0VulnerableThe Dovecot Project
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.2.1VulnerableThe Dovecot Project
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.2.2VulnerableThe Dovecot Project
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.2.3VulnerableThe Dovecot Project
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.2.4VulnerableThe Dovecot Project
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.2.5VulnerableThe Dovecot Project

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 3 products
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2013-6171
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-f2q7-xh76-m34j

References

Patch 1

Advisory 1

Other 2

  • 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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Sources

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