Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 6, 2010· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2010-3779
CVE-2010-3779
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.
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Affected products
17cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 16 more
- cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.2.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.2.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.2.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.2.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.2.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <1.2.15, <2.0.beta2
Patches
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References
7- www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot/2010-October/053450.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/43220nvd
- www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot/2010-October/053452.htmlnvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1059-1nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2840nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0301nvd
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