CVE-2009-3897

Name	CVE-2009-3897
Description	Dovecot 1.2.x before 1.2.8 sets 0777 permissions during creation of certain directories at installation time, which allows local users to access arbitrary user accounts by replacing the auth socket, related to the parent directories of the base_dir directory, and possibly the base_dir directory itself.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs	557601

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
dovecot (PTS)	bookworm, bookworm (security)	1:2.3.19.1+dfsg1-2.1+deb12u6	fixed
	trixie (security), trixie	1:2.4.1+dfsg1-6+deb13u6	fixed
	forky	1:2.4.4+dfsg1-2	fixed
	sid	1:2.4.5+dfsg1-2	fixed

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

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Debian Bugs
dovecot	source	etch	(not affected)
dovecot	source	lenny	(not affected)
dovecot	source	(unstable)	1:1.2.8-1	medium	557601

[lenny] - dovecot <not-affected> (Only affects 1.2.x)
[etch] - dovecot <not-affected> (Only affects 1.2.x)