CVE-2005-2933

Summary

CVECVE-2005-2933
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-10-13 22:02:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-19 15:34:00 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

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

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 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

References

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