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CVE-2008-4577 (GCVE-0-2008-4577)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-10-15 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 10:24

Summary

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.

Severity

7.5 (High)


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

CWE

Assigner

redhat redhat root

References

17 references

URL	Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/32164	third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/32471	third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31587	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
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http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-838-1	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-16.xml	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=240409	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-02…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://secunia.com/advisories/33624	third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2008-Oct…	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://secunia.com/advisories/36904	third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA

Date Public

2008-10-05 00:00

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FKIE_CVE-2008-4577

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2008-10-15 20:08 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:58

Severity

7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Summary

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.

References

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

Impacted products

Vendor	Product	Version
dovecot	dovecot	*
fedoraproject	fedora	8
fedoraproject	fedora	9
opensuse	opensuse	10.3-11.1
canonical	ubuntu_linux	8.04
canonical	ubuntu_linux	8.10
canonical	ubuntu_linux	9.04

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GHSA-24JQ-H48J-G592

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-02 00:11 – Updated: 2024-01-21 03:30

Details

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.

Severity

7.5 (High)


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

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
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  ],
  "database_specific": {
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  "id": "GHSA-24jq-h48j-g592",
  "modified": "2024-01-21T03:30:23Z",
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GSD-2008-4577

Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2023-12-13 01:23

Details

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.

Aliases

CVE-2008-4577

Aliases

CVE-2008-4577

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RHSA-2009:0205

Vulnerability from csaf_redhat - Published: 2009-01-20 15:45 - Updated: 2026-06-25 10:35

Summary

Red Hat Security Advisory: dovecot security and bug fix update

Severity

Low

Scope

2 vulnerabilities in this advisory, including CVE-2008-4577.

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 attackers to bypass intended access restrictions.

3.6 ()


                
                  AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N

Fixed: 16 products

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009:0205

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CVE-2008-4577 (GCVE-0-2008-4577)

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