bugtraq - Re: [ MDVSA-2008:232 ] dovecot

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Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:52:45 +0300
From: Eygene Ryabinkin <rea-sec@...elabs.ru>
To: xsecurity@...driva.com
Cc: bugtraq@...urityfocus.com
Subject: Re: [ MDVSA-2008:232 ] dovecot

Good day.

Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 02:00:00PM -0700, security@...driva.com wrote:
>  The ACL plugin in dovecot prior to version 1.1.6 allowed attackers to
>  bypass intended access restrictions by using the 'k' right to create
>  unauthorized 'parent/child/child' mailboxes (CVE-2008-4578).

Are you really sure that it should be 1.1.6?  This bug is documented
in the 1.1.4 release notes,
  http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2008-October/000085.html
and CVE entry speaks about 1.1.4 too.
-- 
Eygene