CVE-2006-0559

Summary

CVECVE-2006-0559
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-04-04 14:04:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-19 15:45:00 UTC
DescriptionFormat string vulnerability in the SMTP server for McAfee WebShield 4.5 MR2 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format strings in the domain name portion of a destination address, which are not properly handled when a bounce message is constructed.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mcafee Webshield Smtp All mr2_patch All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
McAfee Webshield SMTP Remote Format String Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Patch
McAfee WebShield Format String Bug in Composing Bounce Messages Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker SECTRACK securitytracker.com
McAfee WebShield SMTP Format String Vulnerability - CXSecurity.com SREASON securityreason.com
24366 OSVDB www.osvdb.org
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
McAfee WebShield SMTP Format String Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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