CVE-2008-4578
The ACL plugin in Dovecot before 1.1.4 allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions by using the "k" right to create unauthorized "parent/child/child" mailboxes.
02 Description
The ACL plugin in Dovecot before 1.1.4 allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions by using the "k" right to create unauthorized "parent/child/child" mailboxes.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.67% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 76.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2008-10-15 20:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 10:24Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-10-15
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- b0f2edeb708e38eb01755d4a8e00e6dafe45e4ab89ea3a3ce98c4fcf55aad54d
05 Affected products
06 References
- secunia.com32164http://secunia.com/advisories/32164
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comdovecot-acl-mailbox-security-bypass(45669)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45669
- secunia.com33149http://secunia.com/advisories/33149
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-2745http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2745
- www.securityfocus.com31587http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31587
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2008:232http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:232
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200812-16http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-16.xml
- bugs.gentoo.orghttp://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=240409
- www.dovecot.org[Dovecot-news] 20081005 v1.1.4 releasedhttp://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2008-October/000085.html
- www.securityfocus.com20081119 Re: [ MDVSA-2008:232 ] dovecothttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498498/100/0/threaded
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- dovecot Fixed in 1:1.1.9-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- dovecot Fixed in 1:1.1.9-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- dovecot Fixed in 1:1.1.9-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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