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CVE-2008-4577 Detail

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.

Source:  MITRE
Description Last Modified:  10/15/2008

Impact

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.4 MEDIUM
Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 4.9
Exploitability Subscore: 10.0


Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): Partial
Availability (A): None
Additional Information:
Allows unauthorized disclosure of information
Allows unauthorized modification

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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Hyperlink Resource
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=240409
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-16.xml
http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2008-October/000085.html Patch
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:232
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0205.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31587
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-838-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2745
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10376
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00816.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00844.html

References to Check Content

Identifier:
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10376
Check System:
http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5
Hyperlink:
http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10376

Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)

  • Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control (CWE-264)

Vulnerable software and versions Switch to CPE 2.2

Configuration 1
OR
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:0.99.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:0.99.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0.beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0.beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0.beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0.beta4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0.beta5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0.beta6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0.beta7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0.beta8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0.beta9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0.rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0.rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0.rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0.rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0.rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0.rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0.rc7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0.rc8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0.rc9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0.rc10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0.rc11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0.rc12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0.rc13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0.rc14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0.rc15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0.rc16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0.rc17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0.rc18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0.rc19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0.rc20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0.rc21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0.rc22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0.rc23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0.rc24:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0.rc25:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0.rc26:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0.rc27:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0.rc28:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.0_rc29:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.1:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*    versions up to (including) 1.1.3

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-4577
NVD Published Date:
10/15/2008
NVD Last Modified:
09/28/2017