Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Apr 25, 2007· Updated Apr 23, 2026
CVE-2007-2231
CVE-2007-2231
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in index/mbox/mbox-storage.c in Dovecot before 1.0.rc29, when using the zlib plugin, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary gzipped (.gz) mailboxes (mbox files) via a .. (dot dot) sequence in the mailbox name.
Affected products
37cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0.beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 36 more
- cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0.beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0.beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0.beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0.beta4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0.beta5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0.beta6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0.beta7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0.beta8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0.beta9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0.rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0.rc10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0.rc11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0.rc12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0.rc13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0.rc14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0.rc15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0.rc16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0.rc17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0.rc18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0.rc19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0.rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0.rc20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0.rc21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0.rc22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0.rc23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0.rc24:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0.rc25:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0.rc26:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0.rc27:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0.rc28:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0.rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0.rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0.rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0.rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0.rc7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0.rc8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0.rc9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
14- dovecot.org/doc/NEWSnvd
- dovecot.org/list/dovecot-cvs/2007-March/008488.htmlnvd
- dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2007-March/000038.htmlnvd
- secunia.com/advisories/25072nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/30342nvd
- www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1359nvd
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_8_sr.htmlnvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0297.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/466168/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/23552nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-487-1nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1452nvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34082nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10995nvd
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