CVE-2005-3532

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-12-11 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

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.

Affected products

Double Precision Incorporated Courier Mail Server: 0.37.3, 0.46, 0.47, 0.48, 0.48.1, 0.48.2 (+3)

References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=211920
http://secunia.com/advisories/17919
http://secunia.com/advisories/17999
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-917
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15771/
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23532
https://usn.ubuntu.com/226-1/
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=211920
http://secunia.com/advisories/17919
http://secunia.com/advisories/17999
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-917
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15771/

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