CVE-2007-6598

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    CVE-2007-6598

    Published: 4 Jan 2008Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/28227, http://secunia.com/advisories/28271, http://secunia.com/advisories/28404, http://secunia.com/advisories/28434, http://secunia.com/advisories/30342, http://secunia.com/advisories/32151, http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1457, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-567-1, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0017, http://dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2007-December/000057.html, http://dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2007-December/000058.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00004.html, http://osvdb.org/39876, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0297.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485779/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485787/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27093, https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2076, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10458

    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