CVE-2021-29157
Dovecot OAuth2 Path Traversal Vulnerability
Description
Dovecot before 2.3.15 allows ../ Path Traversal. An attacker with access to the local filesystem can trick OAuth2 authentication into using an HS256 validation key from an attacker-controlled location. This occurs during use of local JWT validation with the posix fs driver.
INFO
Published Date :
June 28, 2021, 12:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 21, 2024, 6 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
5.8
Exploitability Score :
1.1
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Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://dovecot.org/security Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JB2VTJ3G2ILYWH5Y2FTY2PUHT2MD6VMI/ Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TK424DWFO2TKJYXZ2H3XL633TYJL4GQN/ Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-41 Added Reference https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/06/28/1 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 07, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JB2VTJ3G2ILYWH5Y2FTY2PUHT2MD6VMI/ [No types assigned] Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TK424DWFO2TKJYXZ2H3XL633TYJL4GQN/ [No types assigned] Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/TK424DWFO2TKJYXZ2H3XL633TYJL4GQN/ Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/JB2VTJ3G2ILYWH5Y2FTY2PUHT2MD6VMI/ -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Sep. 20, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/JB2VTJ3G2ILYWH5Y2FTY2PUHT2MD6VMI/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/JB2VTJ3G2ILYWH5Y2FTY2PUHT2MD6VMI/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/TK424DWFO2TKJYXZ2H3XL633TYJL4GQN/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/TK424DWFO2TKJYXZ2H3XL633TYJL4GQN/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-41 No Types Assigned https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-41 Third Party Advisory Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2.3.11 up to (excluding) 2.3.15 OR *cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2.3.11 up to (excluding) 2.3.14.1 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jul. 18, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-41 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jul. 05, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/TK424DWFO2TKJYXZ2H3XL633TYJL4GQN/ [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/JB2VTJ3G2ILYWH5Y2FTY2PUHT2MD6VMI/ [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Jul. 02, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N) Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Changed Reference Type https://dovecot.org/security No Types Assigned https://dovecot.org/security Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/06/28/1 No Types Assigned https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/06/28/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Added CWE NIST CWE-22 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2.3.11 up to (excluding) 2.3.15
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2021-29157 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
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stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2021-29157
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.05 }} 0.00%
score
0.14464
percentile