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GLSA-200502-02 : UW IMAP: CRAM-MD5 authentication bypass

high Nessus Plugin ID 16439

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200502-02 (UW IMAP: CRAM-MD5 authentication bypass)

 A logic bug in the code handling CRAM-MD5 authentication incorrectly specifies the condition for successful authentication.
 Impact :

 An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to authenticate as any mail user on a server with CRAM-MD5 authentication enabled.
 Workaround :

 Disable CRAM-MD5 authentication.

Solution

All UW IMAP users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-mail/uw-imap-2004b'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200502-02

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 16439

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200502-02.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Published: 2/14/2005

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:uw-imap, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 2/2/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/4/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-0198

CERT: 702777

GLSA: 200502-02