CVE DATABASE / CVE-2005-0198
CVE-2005-0198
CVSS 7.5 · HIGH
Summary
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.
CVSS 2.0 breakdown
| Base score | 7.5 (HIGH) |
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| Attack vector | NETWORK |
| Attack complexity | LOW |
| Confidentiality | PARTIAL |
| Integrity | PARTIAL |
| Availability | PARTIAL |
Affected products
University_of_washington uw-imap
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References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/14057
- http://secunia.com/advisories/14097
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1013037
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200502-02.xml
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/702777
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/CRDY-68QSL5
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:026
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-128.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12391
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11306
Data: NIST NVD. NVD last modified 2026-04-16. Always verify against the vendor advisory before acting.