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CVE-2008-4577

Publication date 15 October 2008

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5 · High

Score breakdown

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
dovecot 9.04 jaunty
Not affected
8.10 intrepid
Not affected
8.04 LTS hardy
Fixed 1:1.0.10-1ubuntu5.2
7.10 gutsy Ignored end of life, was needed
6.06 LTS dapper
Not affected

Patch details

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Package Patch details
dovecot

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5 · High
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

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-838-1
    • Dovecot vulnerabilities
    • 28 September 2009

Other references