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CVE-2005-0198

Published: May 02, 2005 | Modified: Apr 03, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-0198
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

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.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Uw-imap University_of_washington * *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 RedHat imap-1:2002d-11 *
Uw-imap Ubuntu dapper *
Uw-imap Ubuntu devel *
Uw-imap Ubuntu edgy *
Uw-imap Ubuntu feisty *

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