CVE-2005-0198

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Summary

CVECVE-2005-0198
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-05-02 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2017-10-11 01:29:00 UTC
DescriptionA 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application University Of Washington Uw-imap All All All All
Application University Of Washington Uw-imap All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Secunia - Advisories - UW-imapd CRAM-MD5 Authentication Bypass Vulnerability SECUNIA secunia.com
University of Washington Information for VU#702777 CONFIRM www.kb.cert.org Patch, US Government Resource
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
Advisories - Mandriva Linux MANDRAKE www.mandriva.com
US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#702777 CERT-VN www.kb.cert.org Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
SecurityTracker.com Archives - UW IMAP CRAM-MD5 Authentication Flaw Lets Remote Users Access Arbitrary IMAP Accounts SECTRACK securitytracker.com
University Of Washington IMAP Server CRAM-MD5 Remote Authentication Bypass Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- UW IMAP: CRAM-MD5 authentication bypass GENTOO www.gentoo.org Patch
Secunia - Advisories - Gentoo update for uw-imap SECUNIA secunia.com
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support REDHAT www.redhat.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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