Summary
Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-567-1
Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
It was discovered that in very rare configurations using LDAP, Dovecot may reuse cached connections for users with the same password. As a result, a user may be able to login as another if the connection is reused.
The default Ubuntu configuration of Dovecot was not vulnerable.
Affected
dovecot vulnerability on Ubuntu 7.04 ,
Ubuntu 7.10
References
Updated on 2015-03-25
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2007-6598 -
CVSS Base Score: 6.8
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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