CVE-2006-2414

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-05-16 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in Dovecot 1.0 beta and 1.0 allows remote attackers to list files and directories under the mbox parent directory and obtain mailbox names via ".." sequences in the (1) LIST or (2) DELETE IMAP command.

Affected products

Timo Sirainen Dovecot: 1.0, 1.0_beta2, 1.0_beta3, 1.0_beta7

References

http://dovecot.org/list/dovecot-cvs/2006-May/005563.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/20308
http://secunia.com/advisories/20315
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/913
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1080
http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2006-May/000006.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/433878/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17961
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2013
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26536
http://dovecot.org/list/dovecot-cvs/2006-May/005563.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/20308

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