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dovecot: index cache file handling error

Package(s):dovecot CVE #(s):CVE-2006-5973
Created:November 29, 2006 Updated:May 8, 2007
Description: The dovecot IMAP server has an error in its index cache file handling code which could be exploited by an authenticated user to execute arbitrary code. Only servers with the (non-default) mmap_disable=yes option setting are vulnerable.
Alerts:
Fedora FEDORA-2006-1504 2006-12-27
Fedora FEDORA-2006-1396 2006-12-18
rPath rPSA-2006-0220-1 2006-11-30
Ubuntu USN-387-1 2006-11-28
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