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[DSA917] DSA-917-1 courier

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
DSA-917-1 courier

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Patrick Cheong Shu Yang discovered that courier-authdaemon, the
authentication daemon of the Courier Mail Server, grants access to
accounts that are already deactivated.
For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in
version 0.37.3-2.8.
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in
version 0.47-4sarge4.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in
version 0.47-12.
We recommend that you upgrade your courier packages.

Solution : http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-917
Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID:

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is (C) 2007 Michel Arboi

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