FKIE_CVE-2010-3779

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2010-10-06 21:00 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:23
Severity
Summary
Dovecot 1.2.x before 1.2.15 and 2.0.x before 2.0.beta2 grants the admin permission to the owner of each mailbox in a non-public namespace, which might allow remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions by changing the ACL of a mailbox, as demonstrated by a symlinked shared mailbox.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/43220
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot/2010-October/053450.htmlVendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot/2010-October/053452.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:217
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1059-1
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2840
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0301
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/43220
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot/2010-October/053450.htmlVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot/2010-October/053452.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:217
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1059-1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2840
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0301
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
dovecot dovecot 1.2.0
dovecot dovecot 1.2.1
dovecot dovecot 1.2.2
dovecot dovecot 1.2.3
dovecot dovecot 1.2.4
dovecot dovecot 1.2.5
dovecot dovecot 1.2.6
dovecot dovecot 1.2.7
dovecot dovecot 1.2.8
dovecot dovecot 1.2.9
dovecot dovecot 1.2.10
dovecot dovecot 1.2.11
dovecot dovecot 1.2.12
dovecot dovecot 1.2.13
dovecot dovecot 1.2.14
dovecot dovecot 2.0
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-16T23:23:31.393",
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