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Debian DSA-917-1 : courier - programming error

high Nessus Plugin ID 22783

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Patrick Cheong Shu Yang discovered that courier-authdaemon, the authentication daemon of the Courier Mail Server, grants access to accounts that are already deactivated.

Solution

Upgrade the courier packages.

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.

See Also

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=211920

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-917

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 22783

File Name: debian_DSA-917.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/14/2006

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:courier, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 12/8/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/8/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-3532

DSA: 917