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CVE-2008-4577

The ACL plugin in Dovecot before 1.1.4 treats negative access rights as if they are positive access rights, which allows attackers to bypas…

Published 18 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
7.5
v3.1 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
2.3%
percentile 84%
Public exploits
0
none known

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.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

2.33% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 84% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.17.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD2.06.4AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Classification

Weakness

References

  • secunia.com /advisories/32164 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred
  • secunia.com /advisories/32471 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred
  • secunia.com /advisories/33149 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred
  • vupen.com /english/advisories/2008/2745 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN, x_transferred
  • redhat.com /archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00816.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA, x_transferred
  • oval.cisecurity.org /repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10376 · vdb-entry, signature, x_refsource_OVAL, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/31587 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • redhat.com /archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00844.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA, x_transferred
  • mandriva.com /security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:232 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MANDRIVA, x_transferred
  • ubuntu.com /usn/USN-838-1 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU, x_transferred
  • lists.opensuse.org /opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE, x_transferred
  • security.gentoo.org /glsa/glsa-200812-16.xml · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO, x_transferred
  • bugs.gentoo.org /show_bug.cgi?id=240409 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • redhat.com /support/errata/RHSA-2009-0205.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
  • secunia.com /advisories/33624 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred
  • dovecot.org /list/dovecot-news/2008-October/000085.html · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
  • secunia.com /advisories/36904 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred

Sources

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