CVE-2006-3242

Summary

CVECVE-2006-3242
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-06-27 10:05:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 01:58:00 UTC
DescriptionStack-based buffer overflow in the browse_get_namespace function in imap/browse.c of Mutt 1.4.2.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via long namespaces received from the IMAP server.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mutt Mutt 1.4.2 All All All
Application Mutt Mutt 1.4.2.1 All All All
Application Mutt Mutt 1.4.2 All All All
Application Mutt Mutt 1.4.2.1 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Advisories - Mandriva Linux MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
git - mutt/.git/commit dev.mutt.org
Gentoo update for mutt - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
FAUmachine Repository - diff - FAUmachine: mutt/imap/browse.c CONFIRM dev.mutt.org
Ubuntu update for mutt - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
USN-307-1: mutt vulnerability | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
Secunia - Advisories - SUSE Updates for Multiple Packages SECUNIA secunia.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Mutt: Buffer overflow GENTOO www.gentoo.org
Mutt BROWSE_GET_NAMESPACE IMAP Namespace Processing Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
Debian update for mutt - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
[#RPL-471] Possible overflow in mutt CVE-2006-3242 - rPath JIRA CONFIRM issues.rpath.com
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
Security Announcement SUSE www.novell.com
Red Hat update for mutt - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Mandriva update for mutt - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
SGI Advanced Linux Environment Multiple Updates - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Mutt Buffer Overflow in browse_get_namespace() Lets Remote Servers Execute Arbitrary Code SECTRACK securitytracker.com
OpenPKG Project: Security: Security Advisories OPENPKG www.openpkg.org
rPath update for mutt - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Webmail - OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
Support REDHAT www.redhat.com
20060701-01-U SGI patches.sgi.com
Secunia - Advisories - Mutt IMAP Namespace Buffer Overflow Vulnerability SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
git - mutt/.git/commit CONFIRM dev.mutt.org
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Trustix updates for gd / mutt - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
The Slackware Linux Project: Slackware Security Advisories SLACKWARE slackware.com
2006-0038 TRUSTIX www.trustix.org
Slackware update for mutt - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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