CVE-2007-2231

MediumCVSS 4.3/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 4.3/10AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Apr 25, 2007
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2007-2231: Medium severity, CVSS 4.3 | Vulnix