Dovecot up to 1.2.14 Access Restriction access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Dovecot up to 1.2.14. It has been rated as critical. This impacts an unknown function of the component Access Restriction. This manipulation causes access control. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2010-3779. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Dovecot up to 1.2.14 (Mail Server Software). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function of the component Access Restriction. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-264. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The weakness was presented 10/06/2010 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at vupen.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2010-3779 since 10/06/2010. The attack can be launched remotely. The successful exploitation requires a single authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 56446 (GLSA-201110-04 : Dovecot: Multiple vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Gentoo Local Security Checks.

Upgrading to version 1.2.4 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (62340), Tenable (56446), Secunia (SA43220†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-28082†). See VDB-54944, VDB-54942 and VDB-54941 for similar entries. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Type

• Mail Server Software

Name

• Dovecot

Version

• 1.2.0
• 1.2.1
• 1.2.2
• 1.2.3
• 1.2.4
• 1.2.5
• 1.2.6
• 1.2.7
• 1.2.8
• 1.2.9
• 1.2.10
• 1.2.11
• 1.2.12
• 1.2.13
• 1.2.14

License

• open-source

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.9

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 3.9
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 56446
Nessus Name: GLSA-201110-04 : Dovecot: Multiple vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 831230
OpenVAS Name: Mandriva Update for dovecot MDVSA-2010:217 (dovecot)
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Dovecot 1.2.4

Timelineinfo

10/06/2010 🔍
10/06/2010 +0 days 🔍
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11/09/2010 +34 days 🔍
02/08/2011 +91 days 🔍
03/19/2015 +1500 days 🔍
09/26/2021 +2383 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: USN-1059-1⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2010-3779 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-3779
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-54943

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X-Force: 62340
SecurityFocus: 36377
Secunia: 43220 - Ubuntu update for dovecot, Less Critical
Vulnerability Center: 28082 - Dovecot 1.2.x before 1.2.15 and 2.0.x before 2.0.beta2 Remote Restrictions Bypass Vulnerability, Low
Vupen: ADV-2010-2840

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 14:37
Updated: 09/26/2021 10:16
Changes: 03/19/2015 14:37 (59), 03/09/2017 00:00 (11), 09/26/2021 10:11 (3), 09/26/2021 10:16 (2)
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Cache ID: 216:0C0:103

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