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

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200502-02
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  Severity: Normal
     Title: UW IMAP: CRAM-MD5 authentication bypass
      Date: February 02, 2005
      Bugs: #79874
        ID: 200502-02

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Synopsis
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UW IMAP contains a vulnerability in the code handling CRAM-MD5
authentication allowing authentication bypass.

Background
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UW IMAP is the University of Washington IMAP toolkit which includes
POP3 and IMAP daemons.

Affected packages
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     Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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  1 net-mail/uw-imap <= 2004a >= 2004b

Description
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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
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Disable CRAM-MD5 authentication.

Resolution
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All UW IMAP users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-mail/uw-imap-2004b"

References
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  [ 1 ] US-CERT VU#702777
        http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/702777

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

  http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200502-02.xml

Concerns?
=========

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security_at_gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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