Description
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.
Published: 2010-10-06
Score: 3.5 Low
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2010-3758 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1059-1 Dovecot vulnerabilities
History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T03:18:53.196Z

Reserved: 2010-10-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2010-3779

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2010-10-06T21:00:01.180

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2010-3779

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2010-10-06T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2010-3779 - Bugzilla

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