PT-2008-5796 · Dovecot · Dovecot

Published 2008-10-15 · Updated 2018-10-11 · CVE-2008-4578

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Dovecot versions prior to 1.1.4

Description The issue allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions. This is achieved by utilizing the k right to create unauthorized mailboxes with a "parent/child/child" structure.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.1.4, update to version 1.1.4 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-4578

Affected Products

Dovecot

References · 14

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4578 · Vendor Advisory
• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:232 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2008-4578 · Vendor Advisory
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-16.xml · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4578 · Security Note
• http://dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2008-October/000085.html · Patch
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32164 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-4578 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/498498/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=240409 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/31587 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2745 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45669 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/33149 · Note