1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-87-1

USN-87-1: Cyrus IMAP server vulnerability

Publication date

28 February 2005

Overview

Cyrus IMAP server vulnerability

Releases

Details

Sean Larsson discovered a buffer overflow in the IMAP “annotate”
extension. This possibly allowed an authenticated IMAP client to
execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the Cyrus IMAP server.

Sean Larsson discovered a buffer overflow in the IMAP “annotate”
extension. This possibly allowed an authenticated IMAP client to
execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the Cyrus IMAP server.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
4.10 warty cyrus21-imapd – 

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