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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2005-0198

Original release date:05/02/2005
Last revised:09/10/2008
Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

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.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
CVSS v2 Base Score:7.5 (HIGH) (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) (legend)
Impact Subscore: 6.4
Exploitability Subscore: 10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Provides user account access, Allows partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service

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US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#CRDY-68QSL5
Name: http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/CRDY-68QSL5
Type: Patch Information
Hyperlink:http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/CRDY-68QSL5
US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#702777
Name: VU#702777
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/702777
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2005:128
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-128.html
External Source: GENTOO
Name: GLSA-200502-02
Type: Patch Information
Hyperlink:http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200502-02.xml
External Source: BID
Name: 12391
Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12391
External Source: MANDRAKE
Name: MDKSA-2005:026
Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:026
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1013037
Hyperlink:http://securitytracker.com/id?1013037
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 14097
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/14097
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 14057
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/14057

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CVE Standard Vulnerability Entry:http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-0198