CVE-2010-3779

Severity: low (CVSS 3.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2010-10-06 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

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.

Affected products

dovecot: 1.2.0, 1.2.1, 1.2.2, 1.2.3, 1.2.4, 1.2.5 (+10)

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/43220
http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot/2010-October/053450.html
http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot/2010-October/053452.html
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:217
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1059-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2840
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0301
http://secunia.com/advisories/43220
http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot/2010-October/053450.html
http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot/2010-October/053452.html
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:217
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1059-1

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