Description
Dovecot in Apple Mac OS X 10.6.5 10H574 does not properly manage memory for user names, which allows remote authenticated users to read the private e-mail of other persons in opportunistic circumstances via standard e-mail clients accessing a user's own mailbox, related to a "memory aliasing issue."
Published: 2010-11-16
Score: 4.0 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2010-3987 Dovecot in Apple Mac OS X 10.6.5 10H574 does not properly manage memory for user names, which allows remote authenticated users to read the private e-mail of other persons in opportunistic circumstances via standard e-mail clients accessing a user's own mailbox, related to a "memory aliasing issue."
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Apple Mac Os X Server
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-17T00:45:30.684Z

Reserved: 2010-10-20T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2010-4011

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Status : Modified

Published: 2010-11-17T01:00:03.090

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2010-4011

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