CVE-2010-3779
lowpriority · track · 14EPSS 0.011 · 65 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Dovecot 1.2.x before 1.2.15 and 2.0.x before 2.0.beta2 grants the admin permission to the owner of each mailbox in a non-public namespace, which might allow remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions by changing the ACL of a mailbox, as demonstrated by a symlinked shared mailbox.
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affected products (17)
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references (14)
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- http://secunia.com/advisories/43220enisa_euvd
- http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot/2010-October/053450.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot/2010-October/053452.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:217enisa_euvd
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1059-1enisa_euvd
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2840enisa_euvd
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0301enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43220nvd
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