Access Restriction Bypass Affecting dovecot package, versions [,1.2.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.29% (70th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-DOVECOT-2381744
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed15 Oct 2008
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 15 Oct 2008

CVE-2008-4577  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade dovecot to version 1.2.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Access Restriction Bypass. 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.

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