{"id":"CVE-2008-1199","details":"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.","modified":"2026-04-10T03:39:43.253099Z","published":"2008-03-06T21:44:00Z","references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/29226"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/29385"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/29396"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/29557"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/30342"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/32151"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-25.xml"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1516"},{"type":"FIX","url":"http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2008-March/000061.html"},{"type":"FIX","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28092"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00004.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0297.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489133/100/0/threaded"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41009"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10739"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/593-1/"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00358.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00381.html"}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}