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CVE-2010-3779 Details

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.

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://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/053452.html	CVE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:217	CVE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1059-1	CVE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2840	CVE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0301	CVE
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/053452.html	[email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:217	[email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1059-1	[email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2840	[email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0301	[email protected]

see all 14 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:beta1:::::: 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:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*

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]