Bug 251007 (CVE-2007-4211) - CVE-2007-4211 Dovecot possible privilege ascalation in ACL plugin
Summary: CVE-2007-4211 Dovecot possible privilege ascalation in ACL plugin
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2007-4211
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
low
low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
QA Contact:
URL: http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-n...
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Depends On: 251008 251009 384771
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2007-08-06 14:22 UTC by Red Hat Product Security
Modified: 2021-11-12 19:43 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2008-05-29 06:57:22 UTC
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2008:0297 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Low: dovecot security and bug fix update 2008-05-21 14:20:08 UTC

Description Lubomir Kundrak 2007-08-06 14:22:18 UTC 
Description of problem:

A new version of dovecot was issued, The announcement (see URL) reads:
	- ACL plugin: If user was given i (insert) right for a mailbox, but
	  not all s/t/w (seen, deleted, other flags) rights, COPY and APPEND
	  commands weren't supposed to allow saving those flags. This is
	  technically a security fix, but it's unlikely this caused problems
	  for anyone.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

        Affects: FC7
        Affects: FC6
        Affects: RHEL5
        Doesn't Affect: RHEL4 (no ACL plugin)
        Doesn't Affect: RHEL3 (dovecot not shipped)
        Doesn't Affect: RHEL2.1 (dovecot not shipped)
Comment 5 Tomas Hoger 2008-05-29 06:57:22 UTC 
Upstream fixed in 1.0.3:

  http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2007-August/000048.html

All current Fedora versions ship fixed upstream version.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 fixed via:

  http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0297.html
Comment 6 Red Hat Bugzilla 2009-10-23 19:06:08 UTC 
Reporter changed to security-response-team by request of Jay Turner.
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