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CVE-2008-4577

Published: 15 October 2008

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.

Priority

Low

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
dovecot
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
dapper Not vulnerable
(code not present)
gutsy Ignored
(end of life, was needed)
hardy
Released (1:1.0.10-1ubuntu5.2)
intrepid Not vulnerable

jaunty Not vulnerable

upstream
Released (1.1.4)
Patches:
other: http://hg.dovecot.org/dovecot-1.0/rev/2dc3a5678fe5

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact None
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N