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Vulnerability record · CVE-2005-0198 · published 2 May 2005

CVE-2005-0198: University of washington uw-imap vulnerability

University Of Washington · Uw Imap

A logic error in the CRAM-MD5 code for the University of Washington IMAP (UW-IMAP) server, when Challenge-Response Authentication Mechanism with MD5 (CRAM-MD5) is enabled, does not properly enforce all the required conditions for successful authentication, which allows remote attackers to authenticate as arbitrary users.

7.5 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 5.1% · top 7.9%
7.5CVSS 2.0 base score
5.1%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
20References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

A logic error in the CRAM-MD5 code for the University of Washington IMAP (UW-IMAP) server, when Challenge-Response Authentication Mechanism with MD5 (CRAM-MD5) is enabled, does not properly enforce all the required conditions for successful authentication, which allows remote attackers to authenticate as arbitrary users.

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://secunia.com/advisories/14057
http://secunia.com/advisories/14097
http://securitytracker.com/id?1013037
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200502-02.xml Patch
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/702777 Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/CRDY-68QSL5 PatchUS Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:026
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-128.html PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12391
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11306
http://secunia.com/advisories/14057
http://secunia.com/advisories/14097
http://securitytracker.com/id?1013037
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200502-02.xml Patch
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/702777 Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/CRDY-68QSL5 PatchUS Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:026
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-128.html PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12391
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11306

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2005-0198), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.