Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:20136171000
Revision Date:2013-12-09Version:1
Title:CVE-2013-6171 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - low.
Description:checkpassword-reply in Dovecot before 2.2.7 performs setuid operations to a user who is authenticating, which allows local users to bypass authentication and access virtual email accounts by attaching to the process and using a restricted file descriptor to modify account information in the response to the dovecot-auth server.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2013-6171
Platform(s):Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) is installed.
  • AND NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'dovecot' package in xenial is not affected (note: '1:2.2.9-1ubuntu2').
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