bugtraq - rPSA-2007-0161-1 dovecot

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Message-ID: <46c228d1.KhnAniTNXrtqpZ5l%announce-noreply@rpath.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2007 18:12:33 -0400
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Subject: rPSA-2007-0161-1 dovecot

rPath Security Advisory: 2007-0161-1
Published: 2007-08-14
Products: rPath Linux 1
Rating: Minor
Exposure Level Classification:
    Remote User Deterministic Privilege Escalation
Updated Versions:
    dovecot=/conary.rpath.com@rpl:devel//1/1.0.3-0.1-1

References:
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-4211
    https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1621

Description:
    Previous versions of the dovecot package are vulnerable to a
    minor privilege escalation attack in which an authenticated
    user may exploit an ACL plugin weakness to save message flags
    without having proper permissions.

Copyright 2007 rPath, Inc.
This file is distributed under the terms of the MIT License.
A copy is available at http://www.rpath.com/permanent/mit-license.html