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FreeBSD Ports: dovecot
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
FreeBSD Local Security Checks
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
6.4
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
14 years ago
Modified
Modified
6 years ago
Summary
The remote host is missing an update to the system as announced in the referenced advisory.
Insight
Insight
The following package is affected: dovecot CVE-2008-4577 The ACL plugin in Dovecot before 1.1.4 treats negative access rights as if they are positive access rights, which allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions. CVE-2008-4578 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.
Solution
Solution
Update your system with the appropriate patches or software upgrades.