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Fedora Core 5 2006-1504: dovecot

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Check for the version of the dovecot package

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

The remote host is missing the patch for the advisory FEDORA-2006-1504 (dovecot).

Dovecot is an IMAP server for Linux/UNIX-like systems, written with security
primarily in mind. It also contains a small POP3 server. It supports mail
in either of maildir or mbox formats.

Update information :

* Thu Dec 21 2006 Tomas Janousek - 1.0-0.beta8.3.fc5
- fixed default paths in the example mkcert.sh to match configuration
defaults (fixes #183151)
- fixed off by one (#216508, CVE-2006-5973)

Solution : Get the newest Fedora Updates
Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID:

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