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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 9, 2013· Updated Apr 29, 2026

CVE-2013-6171

CVE-2013-6171

Description

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.

Affected products

51
  • Dovecot (software)/Dovecot51 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 50 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=2.2.6
    • cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.0.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.0.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.0.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.0.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.1.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.1.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.1.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.1.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.1.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.1.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.1:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.1:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.1:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.1:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.1:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.2:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.2:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.2:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.2:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.2:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.2:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.2:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

0

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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References

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