U.S. flag   An official website of the United States government
Dot gov

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Https

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock (Dot gov) or https:// means you've safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

CVE-2007-6714 Detail

Description

DBMail before 2.2.9, when using authldap with an LDAP server that supports anonymous login such as Active Directory, allows remote attackers to bypass authentication via an empty password, which causes the LDAP bind to indicate success based on anonymous authentication.


Metrics

NVD enrichment efforts reference publicly available information to associate vector strings. CVSS information contributed by other sources is also displayed.
CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
N/A
NVD assessment not yet provided.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

By selecting these links, you will be leaving NIST webspace. We have provided these links to other web sites because they may have information that would be of interest to you. No inferences should be drawn on account of other sites being referenced, or not, from this page. There may be other web sites that are more appropriate for your purpose. NIST does not necessarily endorse the views expressed, or concur with the facts presented on these sites. Further, NIST does not endorse any commercial products that may be mentioned on these sites. Please address comments about this page to [email protected].

URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://dbmail.org/index.php?page=news&id=44 CVE, MITRE Patch 
http://osvdb.org/44561 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/29903 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/29937 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/29984 CVE, MITRE
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200804-24.xml CVE, MITRE
http://www.mail-archive.com/dbmail-dev%40dbmail.org/msg09942.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28849 CVE, MITRE
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019914 CVE, MITRE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1321/references CVE, MITRE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41907 CVE, MITRE
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00549.html CVE, MITRE
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00585.html CVE, MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-287 Improper Authentication cwe source acceptance level NIST  

Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

CPEs loading, please wait.

Denotes Vulnerable Software
Are we missing a CPE here? Please let us know.

Change History

5 change records found show changes

Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2007-6714
NVD Published Date:
04/17/2008
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
MITRE