GSD-2007-6598

Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2023-12-13 01:21
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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.
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CVE-2007-6598
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            "baseScore": 6.8,
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      "lastModifiedDate": "2018-10-15T21:55Z",
      "publishedDate": "2008-01-04T02:46Z"
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