DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4577

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4577

    Published: 15 Oct 2008Last Modified: 1 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2008-4577

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-4577

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: dovecot

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/dovecot?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1:1.0.15-2.2

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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