Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published May 2, 2005· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2005-0198
CVE-2005-0198
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.
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Affected products
2cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:uw-imap:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:uw-imap:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
10- www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200502-02.xmlnvdPatch
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/CRDY-68QSL5nvdPatchUS Government Resource
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-128.htmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/702777nvdThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
- secunia.com/advisories/14057nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/14097nvd
- securitytracker.com/idnvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/12391nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11306nvd
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