{"api_version":"1","generated_at":"2026-07-23T10:40:24+00:00","cve":"CVE-2007-6598","urls":{"html":"https://cve.report/CVE-2007-6598","api":"https://cve.report/api/cve/CVE-2007-6598.json","docs":"https://cve.report/api","cve_org":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-6598","nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-6598"},"summary":{"title":"CVE-2007-6598","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 different user who has the same password.","state":"PUBLISHED","assigner":"mitre","published_at":"2008-01-04 02:46:00","updated_at":"2026-04-23 00:35:47"},"problem_types":["CWE-264","n/a"],"metrics":[{"version":"2.0","source":"nvd@nist.gov","type":"Primary","score":"6.8","severity":"","vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P","data":{"version":"2.0","vectorString":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P","baseScore":6.8,"accessVector":"NETWORK","accessComplexity":"MEDIUM","authentication":"NONE","confidentialityImpact":"PARTIAL","integrityImpact":"PARTIAL","availabilityImpact":"PARTIAL"}}],"references":[{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/28404","name":"http://secunia.com/advisories/28404","refsource":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","tags":[],"title":"Debian update for dovecot - Advisories - Secunia","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"200"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485779/100/0/threaded","name":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485779/100/0/threaded","refsource":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","tags":[],"title":"SecurityFocus","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"200"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1457","name":"http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1457","refsource":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","tags":[],"title":"Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1457-1 dovecot","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"200"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485787/100/0/threaded","name":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485787/100/0/threaded","refsource":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","tags":[],"title":"SecurityFocus","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"200"},{"url":"http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0297.html","name":"http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0297.html","refsource":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","tags":[],"title":"Support","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"200"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/30342","name":"http://secunia.com/advisories/30342","refsource":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","tags":[],"title":"Red Hat update for dovecot - Advisories - Secunia","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"200"},{"url":"http://osvdb.org/39876","name":"http://osvdb.org/39876","refsource":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","tags":[],"title":"","mime":"","httpstatus":"-1","archivestatus":"0"},{"url":"https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2076","name":"https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2076","refsource":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","tags":[],"title":"","mime":"","httpstatus":"-1","archivestatus":"404"},{"url":"http://dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2007-December/000058.html","name":"http://dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2007-December/000058.html","refsource":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","tags":[],"title":"[Dovecot-news] v1.0.10 released","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"200"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00004.html","name":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00004.html","refsource":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","tags":[],"title":"[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2008:020","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"200"},{"url":"http://dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2007-December/000057.html","name":"http://dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2007-December/000057.html","refsource":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","tags":[],"title":"[Dovecot-news] Security hole #4: Specific LDAP + auth cache\tconfiguration may mix\tup user logins","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"200"},{"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0017","name":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0017","refsource":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","tags":[],"title":"Webmail - OVH","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"200"},{"url":"https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10458","name":"https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10458","refsource":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","tags":[],"title":"Repository  /  Oval Repository","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"200"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27093","name":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27093","refsource":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","tags":[],"title":"Dovecot Authentication Cache Security Bypass Vulnerability","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"0"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/28227","name":"http://secunia.com/advisories/28227","refsource":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","tags":[],"title":"rPath update for dovecot - Advisories - Secunia","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"200"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/32151","name":"http://secunia.com/advisories/32151","refsource":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","tags":[],"title":"SUSE update for dovecot and graphicsmagic - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"200"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/28434","name":"http://secunia.com/advisories/28434","refsource":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","tags":[],"title":"Ubuntu update for dovecot - Advisories - Secunia","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"200"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/28271","name":"http://secunia.com/advisories/28271","refsource":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","tags":[],"title":"Dovecot LDAP Auth Cache Security Bypass - Advisories - Secunia","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"200"},{"url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-567-1","name":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-567-1","refsource":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","tags":[],"title":"USN-567-1: Dovecot vulnerability | Ubuntu","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"200"},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-6598","name":"CVE Program record","refsource":"CVE.ORG","tags":["canonical"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-6598","name":"NVD vulnerability detail","refsource":"NVD","tags":["canonical","analysis"]}],"affected":[{"source":"CNA","vendor":"n/a","product":"n/a","version":"affected n/a","platforms":[]}],"timeline":[],"solutions":[],"workarounds":[],"exploits":[],"credits":[],"nvd_cpes":[{"cve_year":"2007","cve_id":"6598","vulnerable":"1","versionEndIncluding":"1.0.9","cpe1":"cpe","cpe2":"2.3","cpe3":"a","cpe4":"dovecot","cpe5":"dovecot","cpe6":"*","cpe7":"*","cpe8":"*","cpe9":"*","cpe10":"*","cpe11":"*","cpe12":"*","cpe13":"*"}],"vendor_comments":[{"cvename":"CVE-2007-6598","organization":"Red Hat","lastmodified":"2008-05-21","contributor":"Joshua Bressers","statementText":"This issue did not affect versions of Dovecot as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux before version 5. An update to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 was released to correct this issue: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0297.html","cve_year":"2007","cve_id":"6598","crc32":"2a2b0722"}],"enrichments":{"kev":null,"epss":null,"legacy_qids":[]},"source_records":{"cve_program":{"containers":{"adp":[{"providerMetadata":{"dateUpdated":"2024-08-07T16:11:06.066Z","orgId":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","shortName":"CVE"},"references":[{"name":"28434","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_SECUNIA","x_transferred"],"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/28434"},{"name":"30342","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_SECUNIA","x_transferred"],"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/30342"},{"name":"oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10458","tags":["vdb-entry","signature","x_refsource_OVAL","x_transferred"],"url":"https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10458"},{"name":"20080103 Re: rPSA-2008-0001-1 dovecot","tags":["mailing-list","x_refsource_BUGTRAQ","x_transferred"],"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485787/100/0/threaded"},{"name":"RHSA-2008:0297","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_REDHAT","x_transferred"],"url":"http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0297.html"},{"name":"USN-567-1","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_UBUNTU","x_transferred"],"url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-567-1"},{"name":"27093","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_BID","x_transferred"],"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27093"},{"name":"ADV-2008-0017","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_VUPEN","x_transferred"],"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0017"},{"name":"39876","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_OSVDB","x_transferred"],"url":"http://osvdb.org/39876"},{"name":"SUSE-SR:2008:020","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_SUSE","x_transferred"],"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00004.html"},{"name":"20080103 rPSA-2008-0001-1 dovecot","tags":["mailing-list","x_refsource_BUGTRAQ","x_transferred"],"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485779/100/0/threaded"},{"name":"DSA-1457","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_DEBIAN","x_transferred"],"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1457"},{"name":"[Dovecot-news] 20071221 Security hole #4: Specific LDAP + auth cache configuration may mix up user logins","tags":["mailing-list","x_refsource_MLIST","x_transferred"],"url":"http://dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2007-December/000057.html"},{"name":"32151","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_SECUNIA","x_transferred"],"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/32151"},{"name":"28404","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_SECUNIA","x_transferred"],"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/28404"},{"name":"28271","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_SECUNIA","x_transferred"],"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/28271"},{"name":"[Dovecot-news] 20071229 v1.0.10 released","tags":["mailing-list","x_refsource_MLIST","x_transferred"],"url":"http://dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2007-December/000058.html"},{"tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred"],"url":"https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2076"},{"name":"28227","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_SECUNIA","x_transferred"],"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/28227"}],"title":"CVE Program Container"}],"cna":{"affected":[{"product":"n/a","vendor":"n/a","versions":[{"status":"affected","version":"n/a"}]}],"datePublic":"2007-12-21T00:00:00.000Z","descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"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 different user who has the same password."}],"problemTypes":[{"descriptions":[{"description":"n/a","lang":"en","type":"text"}]}],"providerMetadata":{"dateUpdated":"2018-10-15T20:57:01.000Z","orgId":"8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca","shortName":"mitre"},"references":[{"name":"28434","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_SECUNIA"],"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/28434"},{"name":"30342","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_SECUNIA"],"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/30342"},{"name":"oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10458","tags":["vdb-entry","signature","x_refsource_OVAL"],"url":"https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10458"},{"name":"20080103 Re: rPSA-2008-0001-1 dovecot","tags":["mailing-list","x_refsource_BUGTRAQ"],"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485787/100/0/threaded"},{"name":"RHSA-2008:0297","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_REDHAT"],"url":"http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0297.html"},{"name":"USN-567-1","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_UBUNTU"],"url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-567-1"},{"name":"27093","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_BID"],"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27093"},{"name":"ADV-2008-0017","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_VUPEN"],"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0017"},{"name":"39876","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_OSVDB"],"url":"http://osvdb.org/39876"},{"name":"SUSE-SR:2008:020","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_SUSE"],"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00004.html"},{"name":"20080103 rPSA-2008-0001-1 dovecot","tags":["mailing-list","x_refsource_BUGTRAQ"],"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485779/100/0/threaded"},{"name":"DSA-1457","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_DEBIAN"],"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1457"},{"name":"[Dovecot-news] 20071221 Security hole #4: Specific LDAP + auth cache configuration may mix up user logins","tags":["mailing-list","x_refsource_MLIST"],"url":"http://dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2007-December/000057.html"},{"name":"32151","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_SECUNIA"],"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/32151"},{"name":"28404","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_SECUNIA"],"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/28404"},{"name":"28271","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_SECUNIA"],"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/28271"},{"name":"[Dovecot-news] 20071229 v1.0.10 released","tags":["mailing-list","x_refsource_MLIST"],"url":"http://dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2007-December/000058.html"},{"tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"],"url":"https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2076"},{"name":"28227","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_SECUNIA"],"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/28227"}],"x_legacyV4Record":{"CVE_data_meta":{"ASSIGNER":"cve@mitre.org","ID":"CVE-2007-6598","STATE":"PUBLIC"},"affects":{"vendor":{"vendor_data":[{"product":{"product_data":[{"product_name":"n/a","version":{"version_data":[{"version_value":"n/a"}]}}]},"vendor_name":"n/a"}]}},"data_format":"MITRE","data_type":"CVE","data_version":"4.0","description":{"description_data":[{"lang":"eng","value":"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 different user who has the same password."}]},"problemtype":{"problemtype_data":[{"description":[{"lang":"eng","value":"n/a"}]}]},"references":{"reference_data":[{"name":"28434","refsource":"SECUNIA","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/28434"},{"name":"30342","refsource":"SECUNIA","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/30342"},{"name":"oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10458","refsource":"OVAL","url":"https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10458"},{"name":"20080103 Re: rPSA-2008-0001-1 dovecot","refsource":"BUGTRAQ","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485787/100/0/threaded"},{"name":"RHSA-2008:0297","refsource":"REDHAT","url":"http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0297.html"},{"name":"USN-567-1","refsource":"UBUNTU","url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-567-1"},{"name":"27093","refsource":"BID","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27093"},{"name":"ADV-2008-0017","refsource":"VUPEN","url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0017"},{"name":"39876","refsource":"OSVDB","url":"http://osvdb.org/39876"},{"name":"SUSE-SR:2008:020","refsource":"SUSE","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00004.html"},{"name":"20080103 rPSA-2008-0001-1 dovecot","refsource":"BUGTRAQ","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485779/100/0/threaded"},{"name":"DSA-1457","refsource":"DEBIAN","url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1457"},{"name":"[Dovecot-news] 20071221 Security hole #4: Specific LDAP + auth cache configuration may mix up user logins","refsource":"MLIST","url":"http://dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2007-December/000057.html"},{"name":"32151","refsource":"SECUNIA","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/32151"},{"name":"28404","refsource":"SECUNIA","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/28404"},{"name":"28271","refsource":"SECUNIA","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/28271"},{"name":"[Dovecot-news] 20071229 v1.0.10 released","refsource":"MLIST","url":"http://dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2007-December/000058.html"},{"name":"https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2076","refsource":"CONFIRM","url":"https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2076"},{"name":"28227","refsource":"SECUNIA","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/28227"}]}}}},"cveMetadata":{"assignerOrgId":"8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca","assignerShortName":"mitre","cveId":"CVE-2007-6598","datePublished":"2008-01-04T02:00:00.000Z","dateReserved":"2007-12-31T00:00:00.000Z","dateUpdated":"2024-08-07T16:11:06.066Z","state":"PUBLISHED"},"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.1"},"nvd":{"publishedDate":"2008-01-04 02:46:00","lastModifiedDate":"2026-04-23 00:35:47","problem_types":["CWE-264","n/a"],"metrics":{"cvssMetricV2":[{"source":"nvd@nist.gov","type":"Primary","cvssData":{"version":"2.0","vectorString":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P","baseScore":6.8,"accessVector":"NETWORK","accessComplexity":"MEDIUM","authentication":"NONE","confidentialityImpact":"PARTIAL","integrityImpact":"PARTIAL","availabilityImpact":"PARTIAL"},"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","exploitabilityScore":8.6,"impactScore":6.4,"acInsufInfo":false,"obtainAllPrivilege":false,"obtainUserPrivilege":false,"obtainOtherPrivilege":false,"userInteractionRequired":false}]},"configurations":[{"nodes":[{"operator":"OR","negate":false,"cpeMatch":[{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionEndIncluding":"1.0.9","matchCriteriaId":"E86FDDEF-12EF-4D0A-892D-A048C1FEFD74"}]}]}]},"legacy_mitre":{"record":{"CveYear":"2007","CveId":"6598","Ordinal":"1","Title":"CVE-2007-6598","CVE":"CVE-2007-6598","Year":"2007"},"notes":[{"CveYear":"2007","CveId":"6598","Ordinal":"1","NoteData":"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 different user who has the same password.","Type":"Description","Title":"CVE-2007-6598"},{"CveYear":"2007","CveId":"6598","Ordinal":"2","NoteData":"2008-01-03","Type":"Other","Title":"Published"},{"CveYear":"2007","CveId":"6598","Ordinal":"3","NoteData":"2018-10-15","Type":"Other","Title":"Modified"}]}}}