Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jan 4, 2008· Updated Apr 23, 2026
CVE-2007-6598
CVE-2007-6598
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
1Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
19- dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2007-December/000057.htmlnvd
- dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2007-December/000058.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00004.htmlnvd
- osvdb.org/39876nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/28227nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/28271nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/28404nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/28434nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/30342nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/32151nvd
- www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1457nvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0297.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485779/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485787/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/27093nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-567-1nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0017nvd
- issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2076nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10458nvd
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