security flaw
Published Feb 6, 2005
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 5.09%
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.
Affected products
No data.
- n/a
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
imap-1:2002d-11
Fixed · RHSA-2005:128
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 | imap-1:2002d-11 | Fixed | RHSA-2005:128 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 5.09% (0.05091) | 92.09th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 5.09% (0.05091) | 91.23th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jan 1, 2026 | 26.66% (0.26656) | 96.20th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 30.25% (0.30250) | 96.28th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 24.83% (0.24835) | 93.79th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 30.25% (0.30250) | 96.28th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 4.85% (0.04846) | 92.64th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 14, 2024 | 2.32% (0.02322) | 88.61th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 2.79% (0.02788) | 88.99th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 80.77th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 78.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 57.73th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (14)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/14057 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/14097 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1013037 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200502-02.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOPatch
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/702777 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/CRDY-68QSL5 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchUS Government Resource
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:026 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKE
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-128.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12391 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-0198 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1617488 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-0198
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11306 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-0198
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.