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CVE-2008-4577
The ACL plugin in Dovecot before 1.1.4 treats negative access...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32164
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32471
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33149
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2745
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00816.html
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10376
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31587
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00844.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:232
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-838-1
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-16.xml
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=240409
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0205.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33624
- http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2008-October/000085.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36904
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
dovecot, fedora, opensuse, ubuntu linux
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 8, 9, 10.3-11.1, 8.04, 8.10, 9.04
Timeline
Official Publish:
October 15th, 2008
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.