Details
Patrick Cheong Shu Yang discovered a flaw in the user account handling
of courier-authdaemon. After successful authorization, the Courier
mail server granted access to deactivated accounts.
Patrick Cheong Shu Yang discovered a flaw in the user account handling
of courier-authdaemon. After successful authorization, the Courier
mail server granted access to deactivated accounts.
Update instructions
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
Learn more about how to get the fixes.The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
| Ubuntu Release | Package Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.10 breezy | courier-authdaemon – | ||
| 5.04 hoary | courier-authdaemon – | ||
| 4.10 warty | courier-authdaemon – | ||
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