CVE-2007-6598

Publication date 4 January 2008

Last updated 24 July 2024

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.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
dovecot	7.10 gutsy	Fixed 1:1.0.5-1ubuntu2.1
	7.04 feisty	Fixed 1.0.rc17-1ubuntu2.2
	6.10 edgy	Not affected
	6.06 LTS dapper	Not affected

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Patch details

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
dovecot	Upstream: http://hg.dovecot.org/dovecot-1.0/raw-rev/2cedab21cd6d

References

MITRE
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-567-1
Dovecot vulnerability
10 January 2008

Other references

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-6598