CVE-2007-6598
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
02 Description
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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.95% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 80.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2008-01-04 02:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 16:11Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2007-12-31
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 27e05482824b5cf0354542076f9d6e38b181dc2e640025829191676a85fea0a5
05 Affected products
06 References
- secunia.com28434http://secunia.com/advisories/28434
- secunia.com30342http://secunia.com/advisories/30342
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:10458https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10458
- www.securityfocus.com20080103 Re: rPSA-2008-0001-1 dovecothttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485787/100/0/threaded
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2008:0297http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0297.html
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-567-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-567-1
- www.securityfocus.com27093http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27093
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-0017http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0017
- osvdb.org39876http://osvdb.org/39876
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SR:2008:020http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00004.html
- www.securityfocus.com20080103 rPSA-2008-0001-1 dovecothttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485779/100/0/threaded
- www.debian.orgDSA-1457http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1457
- dovecot.org[Dovecot-news] 20071221 Security hole #4: Specific LDAP + auth cache configuration may mix up user loginshttp://dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2007-December/000057.html
- secunia.com32151http://secunia.com/advisories/32151
- secunia.com28404http://secunia.com/advisories/28404
- secunia.com28271http://secunia.com/advisories/28271
- dovecot.org[Dovecot-news] 20071229 v1.0.10 releasedhttp://dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2007-December/000058.html
- issues.rpath.comhttps://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2076
- secunia.com28227http://secunia.com/advisories/28227
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- dovecot Fixed in 1:1.0.10-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- dovecot Fixed in 1:1.0.10-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- dovecot Fixed in 1:1.0.10-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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