dovecot LDAP+auth cache user login mixup
Published Jan 4, 2008
6.8
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.96%
Description
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.
Affected products
Remediation
Red Hat statement
This issue did not affect versions of Dovecot as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux before version 5.
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:M/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 (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.96% (0.01959) | 79.58th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.96% (0.01959) | 77.63th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 2.02% (0.02024) | 82.57th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 2.08% (0.02085) | 89.54th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 7, 2024 | 2.16% (0.02159) | 89.33th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 9, 2024 | 1.87% (0.01867) | 87.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.73% (0.01728) | 85.90th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 4.36% (0.04358) | 88.02th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 4.36% (0.04358) | 86.83th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 4.36% (0.04358) | 70.59th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (23)
- http://dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2007-December/000057.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2007-December/000058.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00004.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://osvdb.org/39876 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28227 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28271 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28404 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28434 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30342 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32151 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1457 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0297.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485779/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485787/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27093 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-567-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0017 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-6598 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=427575 Issue Tracking
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2076 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-6598
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10458 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-6598
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