CVE-2008-1218: dovecot Credentials Management Errors
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2008-1218 is a medium (CVSS 6.8) Credentials Management Errors vulnerability in dovecot. EPSS estimates a 7.34% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94.3% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Duplicates 1Timeline
- 10-03-2008PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 07-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
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.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
7.34%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
94%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 7.34% on 21-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
1 foundDovecot IMAP 1.0.10 < 1.1rc2 - Remote Email Disclosure
Maturity: weaponized
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Debian1 product
- dovecot< 1:1.0.13-1
Dovecot1 product
- dovecot≤ 1.0.12 | ≤ 1.1
2 vendors · 2 products
References
22 links
- wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0108X Refsource MISC
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00381.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource FEDORA
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- issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2341X Refsource CONFIRM
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00358.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource FEDORA