CVE-2007-6598

Name	CVE-2007-6598
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.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
References	DSA-1457-1
Debian Bugs	458315

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
dovecot (PTS)	jessie, jessie (lts)	1:2.2.13-12~deb8u9	fixed
	stretch (security)	1:2.2.27-3+deb9u7	fixed
	stretch (lts), stretch	1:2.2.27-3+deb9u8	fixed
	buster, buster (lts)	1:2.3.4.1-5+deb10u8	fixed
	buster (security)	1:2.3.4.1-5+deb10u7	fixed
	bullseye	1:2.3.13+dfsg1-2+deb11u1	fixed
	bullseye (security)	1:2.3.13+dfsg1-2+deb11u2	fixed
	bookworm (security), bookworm	1:2.3.19.1+dfsg1-2.1+deb12u1	fixed
	sid, trixie	1:2.3.21.1+dfsg1-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
dovecot	source	sarge	(not affected)
dovecot	source	etch	1.0.rc15-2etch3		DSA-1457-1
dovecot	source	(unstable)	1:1.0.10-1	low		458315

Notes

[sarge] - dovecot <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
[etch] - dovecot <no-dsa> (very minor issue)
http://dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2007-December/000057.html
low, because issue is only with quite rare configurations