Unscored severity · published Mar 10, 2008
CVE-2008-1218
Argument injection vulnerability in Dovecot 1.0.x before 1.0.13, and 1.1.x before 1.1.rc3, when using blocking passdbs, allows remote attackers to bypass the password check via a…
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CVSS
7.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Argument injection vulnerability in Dovecot 1.0.x before 1.0.13, and 1.1.x before 1.1.rc3, when using blocking passdbs, allows remote attackers to bypass the password check via a password containing TAB characters, which are treated as argument delimiters that enable the skip_password_check field to be specified.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)7.3% · higher than 94% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DO
Dovecot · Dovecot
through 1.0.12; through 1.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1218
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-1218
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00004.html
secunia.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/29226
secunia.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/29295
secunia.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/29364
secunia.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/29385
secunia.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/29396
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