Out-of-Bounds Affecting uw-imap package, versions <7:2007d~dfsg-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
11.78% (96th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-UWIMAP-530138
  • published10 Nov 2008
  • disclosed10 Nov 2008

Introduced: 10 Nov 2008

CVE-2008-5005  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 uw-imap to version 7:2007d~dfsg-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream uw-imap package and not the uw-imap package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in (1) University of Washington IMAP Toolkit 2002 through 2007c, (2) University of Washington Alpine 2.00 and earlier, and (3) Panda IMAP allow (a) local users to gain privileges by specifying a long folder extension argument on the command line to the tmail or dmail program; and (b) remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by sending e-mail to a destination mailbox name composed of a username and '+' character followed by a long string, processed by the tmail or possibly dmail program.

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