Servers and applications
CVE-2008-4870
dovecot 1.0.7 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5, and possibly Fedora, uses world-readable permissions for dovecot.conf, which allows local users to obtain the ssl_key_password parameter value.
- Severity
- Low 2.1
- Published
- 1 Nov 2008
- Last changed
- 16 Jun 2026
- Added to UpHeron
- 1 Nov 2026
- Exploit chance
- 0.4% in the next 30 daysHigher than 31% of CVEs. EPSS by FIRST, 12 Nov 2026
- Attack
- Needs local access · No login needed
- Attacker can
- Read some data
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N- Sources
- NVD
Affected software
| Software | Affected versions |
|---|---|
DovecotServers and applications · cpe:a:dovecot:dovecot |
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