CVE-2008-4577

7.5 HIGH
Published: October 15, 2008 Modified: April 23, 2026
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Description

The ACL plugin in Dovecot before 1.1.4 treats negative access rights as if they are positive access rights, which allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=240409
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Issue Tracking
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Mailing List
http://secunia.com/advisories/32164
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Broken Link Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32471
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/33149
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/33624
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/36904
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Broken Link
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-16.xml
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2008-October/000085.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Mailing List Release Notes
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:232
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Broken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0205.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31587
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-838-1
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2745
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Permissions Required
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10376
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Broken Link
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00816.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Mailing List
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00844.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Mailing List
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=240409
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue Tracking
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List
http://secunia.com/advisories/32164
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32471
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/33149
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/33624
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/36904
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-16.xml
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2008-October/000085.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Release Notes
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:232
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0205.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31587
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-838-1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2745
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Permissions Required
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10376
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00816.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00844.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List

34 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
7.5 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
1.1%
78th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-863

Affected Vendors

canonical dovecot fedoraproject opensuse

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