CVE-2008-2667

SQL injection vulnerability in the Courier Authentication Library (aka courier-authlib) before 0.60.6 on SUSE openSUSE 10.3 and 11.0, and other platforms, when MySQL and a non-Latin character set are used, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the username and unspecified other vectors.

Published: 2008-07-07 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-2667 is rated Moderate Risk (47.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.58%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-2667

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-30 2.09% 1.58% -0.51%
2 2025-03-29 1.58% 2.09% +0.51%
3 2025-03-17 — 1.58% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-2667

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.1 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 4.9 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-2667

OS Trackers for CVE-2008-2667

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2008-2667 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (courier-authlib), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-2667
gentoo normal CVE-2008-2667: 1 GLSA(s) (200809-05), 1 atom(s) (net-libs/courier-authlib); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2008-2667
ubuntu medium CVE-2008-2667 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (courier-authlib), 12 status rows across 12 suites (dapper, feisty, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric, upstream): not-affected 7, ignored 3, DNE 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-2667

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-2667

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
courier-mta courtier-authlib 0.52 cpe:2.3:a:courier-mta:courtier-authlib:0.52:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
courier-mta courtier-authlib 0.53 cpe:2.3:a:courier-mta:courtier-authlib:0.53:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
courier-mta courtier-authlib 0.54 cpe:2.3:a:courier-mta:courtier-authlib:0.54:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
courier-mta courtier-authlib 0.55 cpe:2.3:a:courier-mta:courtier-authlib:0.55:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
courier-mta courtier-authlib 0.56 cpe:2.3:a:courier-mta:courtier-authlib:0.56:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
courier-mta courtier-authlib 0.57 cpe:2.3:a:courier-mta:courtier-authlib:0.57:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
courier-mta courtier-authlib 0.58 cpe:2.3:a:courier-mta:courtier-authlib:0.58:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
courier-mta courtier-authlib 0.59 cpe:2.3:a:courier-mta:courtier-authlib:0.59:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
courier-mta courtier-authlib 0.59.1 cpe:2.3:a:courier-mta:courtier-authlib:0.59.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
courier-mta courtier-authlib 0.59.2 cpe:2.3:a:courier-mta:courtier-authlib:0.59.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
courier-mta courtier-authlib 0.59.3 cpe:2.3:a:courier-mta:courtier-authlib:0.59.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
courier-mta courtier-authlib 0.60 cpe:2.3:a:courier-mta:courtier-authlib:0.60:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
courier-mta courtier-authlib 0.60.1 cpe:2.3:a:courier-mta:courtier-authlib:0.60.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
courier-mta courtier-authlib 0.60.2 cpe:2.3:a:courier-mta:courtier-authlib:0.60.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
courier-mta courtier-authlib 0.60.3 cpe:2.3:a:courier-mta:courtier-authlib:0.60.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
courier-mta courtier-authlib 0.60.4 cpe:2.3:a:courier-mta:courtier-authlib:0.60.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
courier-mta courtier-authlib 0.60.5 cpe:2.3:a:courier-mta:courtier-authlib:0.60.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-2667

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