CVE-2005-0198

critical

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.

References

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11306

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12391

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-128.html

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:026

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/CRDY-68QSL5

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/702777

http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200502-02.xml

http://securitytracker.com/id?1013037

http://secunia.com/advisories/14097

http://secunia.com/advisories/14057

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2005-05-02

Updated: 2017-10-11

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Severity: Critical