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dovecot — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2010-3707

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 more specific entries that occur after less specific entries, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions via a request to read or modify a mailbox.

Products
dovecot
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
1:1.2.15-1
CVEs
CVE-2010-3707
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 23:08 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2010-3707

core-osv · Original source

Published 6 Oct 2010, 17:00 UTC

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 more specific entries that occur after less specific entries, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions via a request to read or modify a mailbox.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2010-3707

dovecot

Fixed versions: 1:1.2.15-1

dovecot

Fixed versions: 1:1.2.15-1

dovecot

Fixed versions: 1:1.2.15-1

Complete source record
{
  "id": "779a90f5e562f62c5b9e53b8d64db09e81517b9e04c57b565889efbc7ca7d6a6",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2010-3707",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "DEBIAN-CVE-2010-3707",
    "summary": "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 more specific entries that occur after less specific entries, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions via a request to read or modify a mailbox.",
    "evidence": "osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2010-3707",
    "products": [
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "dovecot",
          "evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "1:1.2.15-1",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      },
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "dovecot",
          "evidence": "/affected/1/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "1:1.2.15-1",
            "evidence": "/affected/1/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      },
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "dovecot",
          "evidence": "/affected/2/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "1:1.2.15-1",
            "evidence": "/affected/2/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      }
    ],
    "severity": "unknown",
    "structured": {
      "id": "DEBIAN-CVE-2010-3707",
      "aliases": [
        "DEBIAN-CVE-2010-3707"
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "1:1.2.15-1"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "dovecot",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/dovecot?arch=source&distro=bookworm",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:12"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2010-3707.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
          }
        },
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
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                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "1:1.2.15-1"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "dovecot",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/dovecot?arch=source&distro=trixie",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:13"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2010-3707.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
          }
        },
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
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                {
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                },
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                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "dovecot",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/dovecot?arch=source&distro=forky",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:14"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2010-3707.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-23T17:47:35.987528240Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "upstream": [
        "CVE-2010-3707"
      ],
      "references": [
        "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-3707"
      ]
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2010-3707",
        "evidence": "/upstream"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": null
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 417853,
  "published_at": "2010-10-06T17:00:17.407+00:00"
}