oss-security - Re: CVE Request (dovecot)

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Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2008 18:44:33 +0100
From: Nico Golde <oss-security+ml@...lde.de>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: CVE Request (dovecot)

Hi,
* Josh Bressers <bressers@...hat.com> [2008-10-29 19:55]:
> I'm not sure if this is a Red Hat specific issue, but I figured I'd mention it here:
> It seems dovecot can have an SSL key file password disclosure issue:
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=436287
> 
> Basically, if your dovecot.conf file is world readable and you have your SSL key
> password in it, anyone can see it.

Looks like this is CVE-2008-4870.

Cheers
Nico
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