CVE-2008-4870 describes a vulnerability in Dovecot 1.0.7, specifically within Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and potentially Fedora, where the dovecot.conf file is world-readable. This misconfiguration allows local users to access the ssl_key_password parameter. The vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 2.1 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity and a potential impact of information disclosure. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.0.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
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