CVE-2007-6598

NameCVE-2007-6598
DescriptionDovecot 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-1457-1
Debian Bugs458315

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
dovecot (PTS)buster1:2.3.4.1-5+deb10u6fixed
buster (security)1:2.3.4.1-5+deb10u7fixed
bullseye1:2.3.13+dfsg1-2+deb11u1fixed
bookworm1:2.3.19.1+dfsg1-2.1fixed
trixie1:2.3.21+dfsg1-2fixed
sid1:2.3.21+dfsg1-3fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
dovecotsourcesarge(not affected)
dovecotsourceetch1.0.rc15-2etch3DSA-1457-1
dovecotsource(unstable)1:1.0.10-1low458315

Notes

[sarge] - dovecot <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
[etch] - dovecot <no-dsa> (very minor issue)
http://dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2007-December/000057.html
low, because issue is only with quite rare configurations

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