FKIE_CVE-2007-6598
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2008-01-04 02:46 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:48
Severity
Summary
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.
References
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"lastModified": "2026-06-16T22:48:24.270",
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"comment": "This issue did not affect versions of Dovecot as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux before version 5. An update to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 was released to correct this issue:\nhttps://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0297.html\n",
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