CVE-2005-0198
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…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (5.09%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 5.09% probability · 92th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- university of washington/uw-imap
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/14057
- http://secunia.com/advisories/14097
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1013037
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200502-02.xmlPatch
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/702777Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/CRDY-68QSL5Patch, US Government Resource
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:026
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-128.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12391
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11306
- http://secunia.com/advisories/14057
- http://secunia.com/advisories/14097
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1013037
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200502-02.xmlPatch
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/702777Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/CRDY-68QSL5Patch, US Government Resource
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:026
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-128.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12391
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11306
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.