CVE-2005-1520

Severity

75%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

106%

Buffer overflow in the header_get_field_name function in header.c for GNU Mailutils 0.5 and 0.6, and other versions before 0.6.90, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted e-mail.

Buffer overflow in the header_get_field_name function in header.c for GNU Mailutils 0.5 and 0.6, and other versions before 0.6.90, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted e-mail.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 7.5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Overview

Type

GNU Mailutils

First reported 19 years ago

2005-05-26 04:00:00

Last updated 16 years ago

2008-09-05 20:49:00

Affected Software

GNU Mailutils 0.5

0.5

GNU Mailutils 0.6

0.6

References

15442

Vendor Advisory

1014052

DSA-732

20050525 GNU Mailutils 0.6 mail header_get_field_name() Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Patch

13766

Patch

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