CVE-2008-4578 Information

Description

The ACL plugin in Dovecot before 1.1.4 allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions by using the \k\ right to create unauthorized \parent/child/child\ mailboxes.

Reference

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=240409 http://secunia.com/advisories/32164 http://secunia.com/advisories/33149 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-16.xml http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2008-October/000085.html http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:232 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498498/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31587 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2745 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45669