Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Mar 10, 2008· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2008-1218
CVE-2008-1218
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.
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Affected products
3cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=1.0.12
- cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:*:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=1.1
- (no CPE)range: <1.0.13, <1.1.rc3
Patches
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References
21- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00004.htmlnvd
- secunia.com/advisories/29226nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/29295nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/29364nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/29385nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/29396nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/29557nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/32151nvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-25.xmlnvd
- wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0108nvd
- www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1516nvd
- www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2008-March/000064.htmlnvd
- www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2008-March/000065.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489481/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/28181nvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41085nvd
- issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2341nvd
- usn.ubuntu.com/593-1/nvd
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5257nvd
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00358.htmlnvd
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00381.htmlnvd
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