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CVE-2010-3707 Details

Description

plugins/acl/acl-backend-vfile.c in Dovecot 1.2.x before 1.2.15 and 2.0.x before 2.0.5 interprets an ACL entry as a directive to add to the permissions granted by another ACL entry, instead of a directive to replace the permissions granted by another ACL entry, in certain circumstances involving more specific entries that occur after less specific entries, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions via a request to read or modify a mailbox.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-11/msg00001.html	CVE
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128620520732377&w=2	CVE
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128622064325688&w=2	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/43220	CVE
http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot/2010-October/053450.html	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot/2010-October/053451.html	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot/2010-October/053452.html	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:217	CVE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0600.html	CVE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1059-1	CVE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2572	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2840	CVE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0301	CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-11/msg00001.html	[email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128620520732377&w=2	[email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128622064325688&w=2	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/43220	[email protected]
http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot/2010-October/053450.html	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot/2010-October/053451.html	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot/2010-October/053452.html	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:217	[email protected]
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0600.html	[email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1059-1	[email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2572	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2840	[email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0301	[email protected]

see all 26 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-264	Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
dovecot dovecot	1.2.0 1.2.1 1.2.2 1.2.3 1.2.4
CPE cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.2.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.2.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.2.2:::::::* 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: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:2.0.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.0.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.0.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.0.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.0.4:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Product

Versions

dovecot dovecot

1.2.0

1.2.1

1.2.2

1.2.3

1.2.4

CPE

cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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: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:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

No remediation found in references.

Change History

5 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 29, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 7, 2010	Initial Analysis	[email protected]