CVE-2016-4983 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Dovecot	Dovecot
Opensuse	Leap Opensuse
Redhat	Enterprise Linux

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:::::::*

Configuration 3 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:::::::*

No data.

References

Link	Providers
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-11/msg00096.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1346055
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=984639
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4983
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4983

History

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00133}`	epss `{'score': 0.00143}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2019-11-05T21:45:36

Updated: 2024-08-06T00:46:39.893Z

Reserved: 2016-05-24T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-4983

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-11-05T22:15:10.923

Modified: 2024-11-21T02:53:21.710

Link: CVE-2016-4983

Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2016-06-13T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-4983 - Bugzilla

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