6.8

CVE-2007-6598: dovecot

CVSS: 6.8v2.0MediumModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2007-6598DSA-1457-1
Published 04-01-2008Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2007-6598 is a medium (CVSS 6.8) vulnerability in dovecot. EPSS estimates a 1.96% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 80% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
28/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.8/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.96%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1
RHSA-2008:0297

Timeline

  1. 04-01-2008
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

1.96%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

80%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.96% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
1.96%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • dovecot< 1:1.0.10-1 | < 1.0.rc15-2etch3
Dovecot1 product

2 vendors · 2 products

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