TITLE:
Dovecot "LIST" Command Directory Traversal Weakness

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA20308

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/20308/

CRITICAL:
Not critical

IMPACT:
Exposure of sensitive information

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
Dovecot 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/10191/

DESCRIPTION:
A weakness has been reported in Dovecot, which can be exploited by
malicious users to gain knowledge of potentially sensitive
information.

The weakness is caused due to an input validation error in the LIST
command of the IMAP service. This can be exploited by an
authenticated user to list the contents of the parent directory hence
disclosing the names of other users' mailboxes.

SOLUTION:
The weakness has been fixed in version 1.0 beta8.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by the vendor.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2006-May/000006.html

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