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courier — security advisory
authpam.c in courier-authdaemon for Courier Mail Server 0.37.3 through 0.52.1, when using pam_tally, does not call the pam_acct_mgmt function to verify that access should be granted, which allows attackers to authenticate to the server using accounts that have been disabled.
- Products
- courier
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 0.47-12
- CVEs
- CVE-2005-3532
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 20:47 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
authpam.c in courier-authdaemon for Courier Mail Server 0.37.3 through 0.52.1, when using pam_tally, does not call the pam_acct_mgmt function to verify that access should be granted, which allows attackers to authenticate to the server using accounts that have been disabled.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2005-3532
courier
Fixed versions: 0.47-12
courier
Fixed versions: 0.47-12
courier
Fixed versions: 0.47-12
Complete source record
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