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Vulnerability Details : 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 bypass intended access restrictions.
Publish Date : 2008-10-15 Last Update Date : 2010-08-21
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- CVSS Scores & Vulnerability Types

Cvss Score
6.4
Confidentiality Impact Partial (There is considerable informational disclosure.)
Integrity Impact Partial (Modification of some system files or information is possible, but the attacker does not have control over what can be modified, or the scope of what the attacker can affect is limited.)
Availability Impact None (There is no impact to the availability of the system.)
Access Complexity Low (Specialized access conditions or extenuating circumstances do not exist. Very little knowledge or skill is required to exploit. )
Authentication Not required (Authentication is not required to exploit the vulnerability.)
Gained Access None
Vulnerability Type(s) Bypass a restriction or similar
CWE ID 264

- Additional Vendor Supplied Data

Vendor Impact CVSS Score CVSS Vector Report Date Publish Date
Redhat low
3.6
 AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N 2008-10-07 2008-10-05
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- Related OVAL Definitions

Title Definition Id Class Family
CVE-2008-4577 oval:org.opensuse.security:def:20084577 unix
RHSA-2009:0205: dovecot security and bug fix update (Low) oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20090205 unix
The ACL plugin in Dovecot before 1.1.4 treats negative access rights as if they are positive access rights, which allows... oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10376 unix
OVAL (Open Vulnerability and Assessment Language) definitions define exactly what should be done to verify a vulnerability or a missing patch. Check out the OVAL definitions if you want to learn what you should do to verify a vulnerability.

- Products Affected By CVE-2008-4577

# Product Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language
1 Application Dovecot Dovecot 0.99.13 Details Vulnerabilities
2 Application Dovecot Dovecot 0.99.14 Details Vulnerabilities
3 Application Dovecot Dovecot 1.0 Rc29 Details Vulnerabilities
4 Application Dovecot Dovecot 1.0 Details Vulnerabilities
5 Application Dovecot Dovecot 1.0.rc6 Details Vulnerabilities
6 Application Dovecot Dovecot 1.0.beta3 Details Vulnerabilities
7 Application Dovecot Dovecot 1.0.rc10 Details Vulnerabilities
8 Application Dovecot Dovecot 1.0.beta1 Details Vulnerabilities
9 Application Dovecot Dovecot 1.0.rc2 Details Vulnerabilities
10 Application Dovecot Dovecot 1.0.beta6 Details Vulnerabilities
11 Application Dovecot Dovecot 1.0.rc25 Details Vulnerabilities
12 Application Dovecot Dovecot 1.0.rc17 Details Vulnerabilities
13 Application Dovecot Dovecot 1.0.rc24 Details Vulnerabilities
14 Application Dovecot Dovecot 1.0.rc3 Details Vulnerabilities
15 Application Dovecot Dovecot 1.0.rc11 Details Vulnerabilities
16 Application Dovecot Dovecot 1.0.beta7 Details Vulnerabilities
17 Application Dovecot Dovecot 1.0.rc28 Details Vulnerabilities
18 Application Dovecot Dovecot 1.0.rc16 Details Vulnerabilities
19 Application Dovecot Dovecot 1.0.beta4 Details Vulnerabilities
20 Application Dovecot Dovecot 1.0.rc4 Details Vulnerabilities
21 Application Dovecot Dovecot 1.0.rc12 Details Vulnerabilities
22 Application Dovecot Dovecot 1.0.rc22 Details Vulnerabilities
23 Application Dovecot Dovecot 1.0.beta8 Details Vulnerabilities
24 Application Dovecot Dovecot 1.0.rc27 Details Vulnerabilities
25 Application Dovecot Dovecot 1.0.rc19 Details Vulnerabilities
26 Application Dovecot Dovecot 1.0.rc23 Details Vulnerabilities
27 Application Dovecot Dovecot 1.0.rc9 Details Vulnerabilities
28 Application Dovecot Dovecot 1.0.rc13 Details Vulnerabilities
29 Application Dovecot Dovecot 1.0.beta2 Details Vulnerabilities
30 Application Dovecot Dovecot 1.0.beta9 Details Vulnerabilities
31 Application Dovecot Dovecot 1.0.rc18 Details Vulnerabilities
32 Application Dovecot Dovecot 1.0.rc15 Details Vulnerabilities
33 Application Dovecot Dovecot 1.0.rc7 Details Vulnerabilities
34 Application Dovecot Dovecot 1.0.beta5 Details Vulnerabilities
35 Application Dovecot Dovecot 1.0.rc26 Details Vulnerabilities
36 Application Dovecot Dovecot 1.0.rc5 Details Vulnerabilities
37 Application Dovecot Dovecot 1.0.rc21 Details Vulnerabilities
38 Application Dovecot Dovecot 1.0.rc1 Details Vulnerabilities
39 Application Dovecot Dovecot 1.0.rc20 Details Vulnerabilities
40 Application Dovecot Dovecot 1.0.rc14 Details Vulnerabilities
41 Application Dovecot Dovecot 1.0.rc8 Details Vulnerabilities
42 Application Dovecot Dovecot 1.0.2 Details Vulnerabilities
43 Application Dovecot Dovecot 1.0.3 Details Vulnerabilities
44 Application Dovecot Dovecot 1.0.4 Details Vulnerabilities
45 Application Dovecot Dovecot 1.0.5 Details Vulnerabilities
46 Application Dovecot Dovecot 1.0.6 Details Vulnerabilities
47 Application Dovecot Dovecot 1.0.7 Details Vulnerabilities
48 Application Dovecot Dovecot 1.0.8 Details Vulnerabilities
49 Application Dovecot Dovecot 1.0.9 Details Vulnerabilities
50 Application Dovecot Dovecot 1.0.10 Details Vulnerabilities
51 Application Dovecot Dovecot 1.0.12 Details Vulnerabilities
52 Application Dovecot Dovecot 1.1 RC2 Details Vulnerabilities
53 Application Dovecot Dovecot 1.1 Details Vulnerabilities
54 Application Dovecot Dovecot 1.1.0 Details Vulnerabilities
55 Application Dovecot Dovecot 1.1.1 Details Vulnerabilities
56 Application Dovecot Dovecot 1.1.2 Details Vulnerabilities
57 Application Dovecot Dovecot 1.1.3 Details Vulnerabilities

- Number Of Affected Versions By Product

Vendor Product Vulnerable Versions
Dovecot Dovecot 57

- References For CVE-2008-4577

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html
SUSE SUSE-SR:2009:004
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=240409 CONFIRM
http://secunia.com/advisories/32164
SECUNIA 32164
http://secunia.com/advisories/32471
SECUNIA 32471
http://secunia.com/advisories/33149
SECUNIA 33149
http://secunia.com/advisories/33624
SECUNIA 33624
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:232
MANDRIVA MDVSA-2008:232
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-16.xml
GENTOO GLSA-200812-16
http://secunia.com/advisories/36904
SECUNIA 36904
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0205.html
REDHAT RHSA-2009:0205
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31587
BID 31587 Dovecot ACL Plugin Multiple Security Bypass Vulnerabilities Release Date:2009-09-28
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00816.html
FEDORA FEDORA-2008-9202
http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2008/2745
VUPEN ADV-2008-2745
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-838-1
UBUNTU USN-838-1
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00844.html
FEDORA FEDORA-2008-9232
http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2008-October/000085.html
MLIST [Dovecot-news] 20081005 v1.1.4 released

- Metasploit Modules Related To CVE-2008-4577

There are not any metasploit modules related to this vulnerability (Please visit www.metasploit.com for more information)
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