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CVE-2013-6171

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.8 EPSS 1.46%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2013-12-09 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.8. See the original NVD description below for full technical details.

CVE
CVE-2013-6171
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5.8
EPSS
1.46%

Original NVD Description

checkpassword-reply in Dovecot before 2.2.7 performs setuid operations to a user who is authenticating, which allows local users to bypass authentication and access virtual email accounts by attaching to the process and using a restricted file descriptor to modify account information in the response to the dovecot-auth server.