CVE-2005-0198

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    CVE-2005-0198

    Published: 2 May 2005Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: A logic error in the CRAM-MD5 code for the University of Washington IMAP (UW-IMAP) server, when Challenge-Response Authentication Mechanism with MD5 (CRAM-MD5) is enabled, does not properly enforce all the required conditions for successful authentication, which allows remote attackers to authenticate as arbitrary users.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/14057, http://secunia.com/advisories/14097, http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/702777, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:026, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-128.html, http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200502-02.xml, http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/CRDY-68QSL5, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-128.html, http://securitytracker.com/id?1013037, http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/702777, http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/CRDY-68QSL5, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12391, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11306

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High