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CVE-2008-4577

The ACL plugin in Dovecot before 1.1.4 treats negative access rights as if they are positive access rights, which allows

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.

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 0.01099

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CVSS base score ≥ 7.0

Sigma rules0 YARA rules0

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Weakness Classification

CWE-863Incorrect Authorization

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Affected Products & Versions

4

dovecot< 1.1.4
fedoraproject fedoraall versions
opensuseall versions
canonical ubuntu linuxall versions

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Scoring & Timeline

7.5

HIGH · CVSS v3.1 · secalert@redhat.com

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Attack Vector

Network Adjacent Local Physical

Attack Complexity

Low High

Privileges Required

None Low High

User Interaction

None Required

Scope

Unchanged Changed

Confidentiality

None Low High

Integrity

None Low High

Availability

None Low High

Published to NVD15 Oct 2008 · 08:08 PM

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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Vendor Advisories

2

rhsaRHSA-2009:0205Low

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References & Sources

17

Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=240409Issue Tracking

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.htmlMailing List

http://secunia.com/advisories/32164Broken LinkVendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/32471Broken Link

http://secunia.com/advisories/33149Broken Link

http://secunia.com/advisories/33624Broken Link

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http://secunia.com/advisories/36904Broken Link

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-16.xmlThird Party Advisory

http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2008-October/000085.htmlMailing ListRelease Notes

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:232Broken Link

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0205.htmlBroken Link

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31587Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-838-1Third Party Advisory

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2745Permissions Required

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10376Broken Link

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00816.htmlMailing List

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00844.htmlMailing List

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