| Name | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-1457-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 458315 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| dovecot (PTS) | bullseye | 1:2.3.13+dfsg1-2+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 1:2.3.13+dfsg1-2+deb11u2 | fixed |
| bookworm, bookworm (security) | 1:2.3.19.1+dfsg1-2.1+deb12u1 | fixed |
| trixie | 1:2.3.21.1+dfsg1-1 | fixed |
| sid | 1:2.4.1+dfsg1-3 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
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