DEBIAN-CVE-2007-6598

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2007-6598

    Published: 4 Jan 2008Last Modified: 1 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2007-6598

    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: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-6598

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: dovecot

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/dovecot?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1:1.0.10-1

    Affected versions

    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