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Debian Security Advisory DSA 1359-1 (dovecot)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
The remote host is missing an update to dovecot announced via advisory DSA 1359-1.
Insight
Insight
It was discovered that dovecot, a secure mail server that supports mbox and maildir mailboxes, when configured to use non-system-user spools and compressed folders, may allow directory traversal in mailbox names. For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.0.rc15-2etch1. For the old stable distribution (sarge), this problem was not present. For the unstable distribution this problem with be fixed soon. We recommend that you upgrade your dovecot package.
Solution
Solution
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%201359-1