cvelist/2013/6xxx/CVE-2013-6171.json

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            "value" : "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."
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            "name" : "[Dovecot-news] 20131103 v2.2.7 released",
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