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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 score7.5 (HIGH)
VectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Attack vectorNETWORK
Attack complexityLOW
ConfidentialityPARTIAL
IntegrityPARTIAL
AvailabilityPARTIAL

Affected products

University_of_washington uw-imap
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References

Data: NIST NVD. NVD last modified 2026-04-16. Always verify against the vendor advisory before acting.

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