CVE-2008-4577 describes a vulnerability in the ACL plugin of Dovecot versions prior to 1.1.4, where negative access rights are misinterpreted as positive, allowing attackers to bypass intended access restrictions. This high-severity vulnerability, rated 7.5 CVSS, has a low attack complexity and can lead to high confidentiality impacts, affecting products like Canonical, Dovecot, FedoraProject, and OpenSUSE. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.1.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.3-11.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:10.3-11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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