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Fencer Vulns
medium 4.4

CVE-2008-1199 json

Dovecot before 1.0.11, when configured to use mail_extra_groups to allow Dovecot to create dotlocks in /var/mail, might allow local users t…

published 2008-03-06 18 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-1208

cvss
4.4
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 27%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Dovecot before 1.0.11, when configured to use mail_extra_groups to allow Dovecot to create dotlocks in /var/mail, might allow local users to read sensitive mail files for other users, or modify files or directories that are writable by group, via a symlink attack.

Patch / fix

  • dovecot Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1:1.0.12-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2008-1199

  • dovecot RHEL 5 1.0.7-2.el5

red hat advisories RHSA-2008:0297

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2008-1199 updated cvss 3.7

dovecot: insecure mail_extra_groups option

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) dovecot 1.0.7-2.el5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) dovecot 1.0.7-2.el5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0297

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.34% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 27% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.4 AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-16 Configuration
  • CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.