{
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "id": "GHSA-f2q7-xh76-m34j",
  "modified": "2025-04-11T04:16:46Z",
  "published": "2022-05-14T03:38:05Z",
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2013-6171"
  ],
  "details": "checkpassword-reply in Dovecot before 2.2.7 performs setuid operations to a user who is authenticating, which allows local users to bypass authentication and access virtual email accounts by attaching to the process and using a restricted file descriptor to modify account information in the response to the dovecot-auth server.",
  "severity": [],
  "affected": [],
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-6171"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/3556-2"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://cpanel.net/tsr-2013-0010-full-disclosure"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/54808"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://wiki2.dovecot.org/AuthDatabase/CheckPassword#Security"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2013-November/000264.html"
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-287"
    ],
    "severity": "MODERATE",
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2013-12-09T16:36:00Z"
  }
}