CVE-2008-4577

Publication date 15 October 2008

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5 · High

Score breakdown

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.

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

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 7.5 · High

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

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