Summary
The remote host is missing an update to the system as announced in the referenced advisory.
Solution
Update your system with the appropriate patches or software upgrades.
http://secunia.com/advisories/37443
http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/30211c45-e52a-11de-b5cd-00e0815b8da8.html
Insight
The following package is affected: dovecot
CVE-2009-3897
Dovecot 1.2.x before 1.2.8 sets 0777 permissions during creation of certain directories at installation time, which allows local users to access arbitrary user accounts by replacing the auth socket, related to the parent directories of the base_dir directory, and possibly the base_dir directory itself.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2009-3897 -
CVSS Base Score: 4.6
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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