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Dovecot Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA29295
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Release Date:
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2008-03-10
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Last Update:
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2008-03-12
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Popularity:
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5,205 views
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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Security Bypass
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | Dovecot 1.x
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| Advisory Content (Page 1 of 3) | [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] | |
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Dovecot, which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions.
The vulnerability is caused due to an error when processing passwords. This can be exploited to set values for internally processed fields via a specially crafted password containing TAB characters.
Successful exploitation allows to log in without valid user credentials.
The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 1.0.13 and 1.1.rc3.
NOTE: This affects only blocking passdbs (see vendor advisory for details).
Change Page:
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