Dovecot before 1.0.10, with certain configuration options including use of %variables, does not properly maintain the LDAP+auth cache, which might allow remote authenticated users to login as a different user who has the same password.
Published 2008-01-04 02:46:00
Updated 2018-10-15 21:55:24
Source MITRE
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Products affected by CVE-2007-6598

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-6598

1.62%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 88 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2007-6598

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
6.8
MEDIUM AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
8.6
6.4
NIST

CWE ids for CVE-2007-6598

  • Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

Vendor statements for CVE-2007-6598

  • Red Hat 2008-05-21
    This issue did not affect versions of Dovecot as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux before version 5. An update to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 was released to correct this issue: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0297.html
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