CVE-2004-1997

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2004-05-05 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Kolab stores OpenLDAP passwords in plaintext in the slapd.conf file, which may be installed world-readable, which allows local users to gain privileges.

Affected products

Kolab Groupware Server: 1.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.3, 1.0.5, 1.0.6, 1.0.7 (+1)
Openpkg: 2.0

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108377525924422&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/11560
http://www.erfrakon.de/projects/kolab/download/kolab-server-1.0/src/Changelog
http://www.kolab.org/pipermail/kolab-users/2004-April/000215.html
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:052
http://www.osvdb.org/5898
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10277
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16068
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108377525924422&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/11560
http://www.erfrakon.de/projects/kolab/download/kolab-server-1.0/src/Changelog
http://www.kolab.org/pipermail/kolab-users/2004-April/000215.html

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