CVE-2005-2878

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Summary

CVECVE-2005-2878
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-09-13 23:03:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionFormat 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnu Mailutils 0.6 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
www.rosiello.org/archivio/imap4d_FreeBSD_exploit.c af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.rosiello.org
Secunia - Advisories - Debian update for mailutils af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-841-1 mailutils af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Secunia - Advisories - GNU Mailutils imap4d "SEARCH" Format String Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Mailutils: Format string vulnerability in imap4d af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gentoo.org
GNU Mail Utilities - Patches: patch #4407, Fix vulnerability in imap4d... [Savannah] af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 savannah.gnu.org Patch
'FreeBSD GNU Mailutils 0.6 imap4d exploit' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
GNU Mailutils Imap4D Search Command Remote Format String Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Accenture | Let there be change af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.idefense.com Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
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