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CVE-2005-0198 Detail

Description

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.

Source:  MITRE
Description Last Modified:  05/02/2005

Impact

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.5 HIGH
Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 6.4
Exploitability Subscore: 10.0

Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): Partial
Availability (A): Partial
Additional Information:
Provides user account access
Allows unauthorized disclosure of information
Allows disruption of service

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Hyperlink Resource
http://securitytracker.com/id?1013037
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200502-02.xml Patch
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/702777 Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/CRDY-68QSL5 Patch US Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:026
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-128.html Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12391
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11306

References to Check Content

Identifier:
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11306
Check System:
http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5
Hyperlink:
http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11306

Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)

Vulnerable software and versions Switch to CPE 2.2

Configuration 1
OR
cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:uw-imap:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2005-0198
NVD Published Date:
05/02/2005
NVD Last Modified:
10/10/2017