CVE-2005-2933

Summary

CVECVE-2005-2933
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-10-13 22:02:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionBuffer overflow in the mail_valid_net_parse_work function in mail.c for Washington's IMAP Server (UW-IMAP) before imap-2004g allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a mailbox name containing a single double-quote (") character without a closing quote, which causes bytes after the double-quote to be copied into a buffer indefinitely.

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 University Of Washington Uw-imap 2004 All All All
Application University Of Washington Uw-imap 2004a All All All
Application University Of Washington Uw-imap 2004b All All All
Application University Of Washington Uw-imap 2004c All All All
Application University Of Washington Uw-imap 2004d All All All
Application University Of Washington Uw-imap 2004e All All All
Application University Of Washington Uw-imap All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

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