4.3

CVE-2007-2231: dovecot

CVSS: 4.3v2.0MediumModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2007-2231DSA-1359-1
Published 25-04-2007Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2007-2231 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) vulnerability in dovecot. EPSS estimates a 2.12% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 81.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
18/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.3/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.12%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1
RHSA-2008:0297

Timeline

  1. 25-04-2007
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

2.12%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

82%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.12% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
2.12%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • dovecot< 1.0.rc29-1 | < 1.0.rc15-2etch1
Dovecot1 product
  • dovecot1.0.beta1 | 1.0.beta2 | 1.0.beta3 | 1.0.beta4 | 1.0.beta5 | 1.0.beta6 | 1.0.beta7 | 1.0.beta8 | 1.0.beta9 | 1.0.rc1 | 1.0.rc2 | 1.0.rc3 | 1.0.rc4 | 1.0.rc5 | 1.0.rc6 | 1.0.rc7 | 1.0.rc8 | 1.0.rc9 | 1.0.rc10 | 1.0.rc11 | 1.0.rc12 | 1.0.rc13 | 1.0.rc14 | 1.0.rc15 | 1.0.rc16 | 1.0.rc17 | 1.0.rc18 | 1.0.rc19 | 1.0.rc20 | 1.0.rc21 | 1.0.rc22 | 1.0.rc23 | 1.0.rc24 | 1.0.rc25 | 1.0.rc26 | 1.0.rc27 | 1.0.rc28

2 vendors · 2 products

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