CVE-2010-3706
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 the private namespace of a user, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions via a request to read or modify a mailbox.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 2.1% (82th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2010-3689)
- Published
- October 6, 2010
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-3689 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- dovecot / dovecot
- dovecot / dovecot
- dovecot / dovecot
- dovecot / dovecot
- dovecot / dovecot
- dovecot / dovecot
- dovecot / dovecot
- dovecot / dovecot
- dovecot / dovecot
- dovecot / dovecot
- dovecot / dovecot
- dovecot / dovecot
- dovecot / dovecot
- dovecot / dovecot
- dovecot / dovecot
- dovecot / dovecot
- dovecot / dovecot
- dovecot / dovecot
- dovecot / dovecot
- dovecot / dovecot
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-11/msg00001.html
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128620520732377&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128622064325688&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43220
- http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot/2010-October/053450.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot/2010-October/053451.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot/2010-October/053452.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:217
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1059-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2572(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2840
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0301
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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