CVE-2008-4578

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-10-15 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

The ACL plugin in Dovecot before 1.1.4 allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions by using the "k" right to create unauthorized "parent/child/child" mailboxes.

Affected products

dovecot: through 1.1.3; 0.99.13, 0.99.14, 1.0, 1.0.2, 1.0.3, 1.0.4 (+50)

References

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=240409
http://secunia.com/advisories/32164
http://secunia.com/advisories/33149
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-16.xml
http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2008-October/000085.html
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:232
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498498/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31587
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2745
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45669
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=240409
http://secunia.com/advisories/32164

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