CVE-2005-2878 Affecting mailutils package, versions <1:0.6.90-3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
73.41% (99th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-MAILUTILS-327294
  • published13 Sept 2005
  • disclosed13 Sept 2005

Introduced: 13 Sep 2005

CVE-2005-2878  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:9 mailutils to version 1:0.6.90-3 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream mailutils package and not the mailutils package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

Format string vulnerability in search.c in the imap4d server in GNU Mailutils 0.6 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the SEARCH command.

CVSS Scores

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