National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2005-0198

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 incomplete approximation):

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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: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11306

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11306

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

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11306

Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11306