CVE-2007-4211

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Summary

CVECVE-2007-4211
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-08-08 02:17:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionThe ACL plugin in Dovecot before 1.0.3 allows remote authenticated users with the insert right to save certain flags via a (1) COPY or (2) APPEND command.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Dovecot Dovecot All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[Dovecot-news] v1.0.3 released af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.dovecot.org
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Red Hat update for dovecot - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Dovecot ACL Plugin Security Bypass Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Dovecot ACL Plugin "i" Right APPEND and COPY Weakness - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
rPath update for dovecot - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1621 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 issues.rpath.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2008-05-21Mark J CoxThese issues did not affect the dovecot versions as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, or 4. An update to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 was released to correct this issue: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0297.html

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