University of Washington UW-IMAP Authentication Mechanism improper authentication

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in University of Washington UW-IMAP. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Authentication Mechanism. Such manipulation leads to improper authentication. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2005-0198. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in University of Washington UW-IMAP (version unknown) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the component Authentication Mechanism. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The bug was discovered 01/27/2005. The weakness was disclosed 05/02/2005 by Mark Crispin as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). The advisory is shared for download at kb.cert.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2005-0198 since 01/31/2005. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 6 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 16439 (GLSA-200502-02 : UW IMAP: CRAM-MD5 authentication bypass), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Gentoo Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (19120), Tenable (16439), SecurityFocus (BID 12391†), OSVDB (13242†) and Secunia (SA14057†). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
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VulDB Base Score: 7.3
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Class: Improper authentication
CWE: CWE-287
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 16439
Nessus Name: GLSA-200502-02 : UW IMAP: CRAM-MD5 authentication bypass
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OpenVAS ID: 53002
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: imap-uw
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Recommended: Upgrade
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01/27/2005 +26 days 🔍
01/28/2005 +1 days 🔍
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01/31/2005 +3 days 🔍
02/02/2005 +2 days 🔍
02/14/2005 +12 days 🔍
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05/02/2005 +63 days 🔍
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03/10/2015 +3599 days 🔍
12/16/2024 +3569 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: washington.edu

Advisory: kb.cert.org
Researcher: Mark Crispin
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2005-0198 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-0198
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-24332

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X-Force: 19120
SecurityFocus: 12391 - University Of Washington IMAP Server CRAM-MD5 Remote Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
Secunia: 14057
OSVDB: 13242 - CVE-2005-0198 - University of Washington - UW-IMAP - Authentication Bypass Issue
SecurityTracker: 1013037
Vulnerability Center: 7163 - University of Washington imap Allows Gaining Access via CRAM-MD5 Authentication, Low

Entryinfo

Created: 03/10/2015 23:05
Updated: 12/16/2024 11:09
Changes: 03/10/2015 23:05 (71), 05/30/2019 12:32 (12), 12/16/2024 11:09 (17)
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