CVE-2007-2231

CVSS 4.3 - MEDIUM
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.

Affected Products
37
Vendor Product Version
dovecot dovecot 1.0.beta1
dovecot dovecot 1.0.beta2
dovecot dovecot 1.0.beta3
dovecot dovecot 1.0.beta4
dovecot dovecot 1.0.beta5
dovecot dovecot 1.0.beta6
dovecot dovecot 1.0.beta7
dovecot dovecot 1.0.beta8
dovecot dovecot 1.0.beta9
dovecot dovecot 1.0.rc1
dovecot dovecot 1.0.rc2
dovecot dovecot 1.0.rc3
dovecot dovecot 1.0.rc4
dovecot dovecot 1.0.rc5
dovecot dovecot 1.0.rc6
dovecot dovecot 1.0.rc7
dovecot dovecot 1.0.rc8
dovecot dovecot 1.0.rc9
dovecot dovecot 1.0.rc10
dovecot dovecot 1.0.rc11
dovecot dovecot 1.0.rc12
dovecot dovecot 1.0.rc13
dovecot dovecot 1.0.rc14
dovecot dovecot 1.0.rc15
dovecot dovecot 1.0.rc16
dovecot dovecot 1.0.rc17
dovecot dovecot 1.0.rc18
dovecot dovecot 1.0.rc19
dovecot dovecot 1.0.rc20
dovecot dovecot 1.0.rc21
dovecot dovecot 1.0.rc22
dovecot dovecot 1.0.rc23
dovecot dovecot 1.0.rc24
dovecot dovecot 1.0.rc25
dovecot dovecot 1.0.rc26
dovecot dovecot 1.0.rc27
dovecot dovecot 1.0.rc28
Weakness Types
NVD-CWE-Other
CVE Information
CVE ID:
CVE-2007-2231
Published:
2007-04-25
Modified:
2026-04-23
CVSS Score:
4.3
Severity:
MEDIUM
Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Affected Vendors
dovecot
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CVSS Severity Scale
0.0 - 3.9 LOW
4.0 - 6.9 MEDIUM
7.0 - 8.9 HIGH
9.0 - 10.0 CRITICAL