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title: "CVE-2010-3779\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2010-3779

Publication date 6 October 2010

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Low**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Dovecot 1.2.x before 1.2.15 and 2.0.x before 2.0.beta2 grants the admin
permission to the owner of each mailbox in a non-public namespace, which
might allow remote authenticated users to bypass intended access
restrictions by changing the ACL of a mailbox, as demonstrated by a
symlinked shared mailbox.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-3779?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| dovecot | 10.10 maverick | Fixed 1:1.2.12-1ubuntu8.1 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Fixed 1:1.2.9-1ubuntu6.3 |
| 9.10 karmic | Not affected |
| 9.04 jaunty | Ignored end of life |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not affected |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not affected |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-3779?format=md#patch-details)

## Notes

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### [sbeattie](https://launchpad.net/~sbeattie)

from upstream email at
http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot/2010-October/053452.html it
sounds like problem was introduced in 1.2.8, so earlier may not
be vulnerable.

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### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur)

Code doesn't seem present in karmic and older

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| dovecot | * Upstream:   <http://hg.dovecot.org/dovecot-1.2/rev/9e824012da57> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-3779)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-3779)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2010-3779)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-3779)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-1059-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-1059-1)
+ Dovecot vulnerabilities
+ 7 February 2011

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-3779>