CVE-2008-4577

T

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

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:10.3-11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 4 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 00:52

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

Information

Published : 2008-10-15 20:08

Updated : 2025-04-09 00:30


NVD link : CVE-2008-4577

Mitre link : CVE-2008-4577

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2008-4577


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CWE
CWE-863

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