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Servers and applications

CVE-2007-6598

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.

Severity
Medium 6.8
Published
4 Jan 2008
Last changed
16 Jun 2026
Added to UpHeron
1 Nov 2026
Exploit chance
2% in the next 30 daysHigher than 80% of CVEs. EPSS by FIRST, 12 Nov 2026
Weakness
CWE-264
Attack
Over the network · No login needed
Attacker can
Read some data · Change some data · Slow it down
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Sources
NVD

Affected software

SoftwareAffected versions
DovecotServers and applications · cpe:a:dovecot:dovecot
  • Every version up to 1.0.9

References

  • NVD https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-6598
  • CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-6598