CVE-2008-1218 Auth bypass in n/a
Remote attackers can bypass password checks in Dovecot by injecting TAB characters into passwords when blocking passdbs are used, leading to unauthorized access.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2008-1218?
CVE-2008-1218 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Dovecot Dovecot, published on 10 Mar 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Argument injection vulnerability in Dovecot 1.0.x before 1.0.13, and 1.1.x before 1.1.rc3, when using blocking passdbs, allows remote attackers to bypass the password check via a password containing TAB characters, which are treated as argument delimiters that enable the skip_password_check field to be specified.
Weakness: CWE-255
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-1218?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Dovecot Dovecot.
How do I fix CVE-2008-1218?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.
Is CVE-2008-1218 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2008-1218 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in Dovecot Dovecot
Sources
Also known as CVE-2008-1271, DEBIAN-CVE-2008-1218, GHSA-g2xp-pqfg-wfq9.