CVE-2007-2231

Name	CVE-2007-2231
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.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
References	DSA-1359-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
dovecot (PTS)	bullseye	1:2.3.13+dfsg1-2+deb11u1	fixed
	bullseye (security)	1:2.3.13+dfsg1-2+deb11u2	fixed
	bookworm, bookworm (security)	1:2.3.19.1+dfsg1-2.1+deb12u1	fixed
	sid, trixie	1:2.3.21.1+dfsg1-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Origin
dovecot	source	sarge	(not affected)
dovecot	source	etch	1.0.rc15-2etch1	DSA-1359-1
dovecot	source	(unstable)	1.0.rc29-1

[sarge] - dovecot <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)