CVE-2007-2231

Published: 25 April 2007

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.

Priority

Status

Package	Release	Status
dovecot Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	dapper	Released (1.0.beta3-3ubuntu5.5)
	edgy	Released (1.0.rc2-1ubuntu2.2)
	feisty	Released (1.0.rc17-1ubuntu2.1)
	upstream	Released (1.0.rc29)

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-487-1
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-2231
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

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