CVE-2016-4983

dovecot insecure SSL/TLS key and certificate file creation

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

2.5

CVSS 3.0

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Published · June 13, 2016

Updated · November 22, 2025

Description

A postinstall script in the dovecot rpm allows local users to read the contents of newly created SSL/TLS key files.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 2.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

CVSS 2.0 · 1.9
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CWE-732 · Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource