CVE-2005-2878

Severity

75%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

106%

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.

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 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

First reported 19 years ago

2005-09-13 23:03:00

Last updated 8 years ago

2016-10-18 03:31:00

Affected Software

GNU Mailutils 0.6

0.6

References

20050926 FreeBSD GNU Mailutils 0.6 imap4d exploit

http://savannah.gnu.org/patch/index.php?func=detailitem&item_id=4407

Patch

16783

17020

DSA-841

GLSA-200509-10

20050909 GNU Mailutils 0.6 imap4d 'search' Format String Vulnerability

Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory

http://www.rosiello.org/archivio/imap4d_FreeBSD_exploit.c

14794

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