CVE-2008-4577

Key facts

CVSS score

7.5 (v3.1)

Severity

HIGH

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weakness (CWE)

CWE-863

EPSS score

2.3% (84th percentile)

In CISA KEV

No

In EU EUVD

Yes (EUVD-2008-4557)

Published

October 15, 2008

NVD last modified

June 16, 2026

Status

Modified

Affected products

• canonical / ubuntu linux
• canonical / ubuntu linux
• canonical / ubuntu linux
• dovecot / dovecot
• fedoraproject / fedora
• fedoraproject / fedora
• opensuse / opensuse

References

• http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=240409(Issue Tracking)
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html(Mailing List)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32164(Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32471(Broken Link)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/33149(Broken Link)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/33624(Broken Link)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/36904(Broken Link)
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-16.xml(Third Party Advisory)
• http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2008-October/000085.html(Mailing List, Release Notes)
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:232(Broken Link)
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0205.html(Broken Link)
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31587(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-838-1(Third Party Advisory)
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2745(Permissions Required)
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10376(Broken Link)
• https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00816.html(Mailing List)
• https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00844.html(Mailing List)