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CVE-2008-5301

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.4 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2008-12-01 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the ManageSieve implementation in Dovecot 1.0.15, 1.1, and 1.2 allows remote attackers to read and modify arbitrary .sieve files via a ".." (dot dot) in a script name.

Affected products

• dovecot: 0.99.13, 0.99.14, 1.0, 1.0.2, 1.0.3, 1.0.4 (+15)

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/32768
• http://secunia.com/advisories/36904
• http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot/2008-November/035259.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32582
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-838-1
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3190
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46672
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32768
• http://secunia.com/advisories/36904
• http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot/2008-November/035259.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32582
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-838-1

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