CVE-2004-1997: Kolab Groupware Server

Medium severity, CVSS 4.6. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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 Kolab Groupware Server: version 1.0 only; version 1.0.1 only; version 1.0.3 only; version 1.0.5 only; version 1.0.6 only; version 1.0.7 only; …
• Openpkg Openpkg: version 2.0 only

Published 2004-05-05. Last modified 2026-06-16.