USN-567-1: Dovecot vulnerability

It was discovered that in very rare configurations using LDAP, Dovecot may reuse cached connections for users with the same password. As a result, a user may be able to login as another if the connection is reused. The default Ubuntu configuration of Dovecot was not vulnerable...

msie4-persistent-connect.txt

Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1999 14:15:32 -0600 From: Joel Moses To: [email protected] Subject: IE4 Persistent Connection Bug Hi, everyone. Working with MCI/WorldCom, we've identified a problem with IE 4 which may or may not have security implications, but is definately naughty behavior, in our opinions...