CVE-2007-6598
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8EPSS 2.0%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 2.0% (80th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-6564)
- Published
- January 4, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-6564 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- dovecot / dovecot
References
- http://dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2007-December/000057.html
- http://dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2007-December/000058.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00004.html
- http://osvdb.org/39876
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28227
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28271
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28404
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28434
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30342
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32151
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1457
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0297.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485779/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485787/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27093
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-567-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0017
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2076
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10458
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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