CVE-2007-2683

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Summary

CVECVE-2007-2683
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-05-15 21:19:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionBuffer overflow in Mutt 1.4.2 might allow local users to execute arbitrary code via "&" characters in the GECOS field, which triggers the overflow during alias expansion.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 3.5 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
High
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mutt Mutt 1.4.2 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
239890 – (CVE-2007-2683) CVE-2007-2683 Buffer overflow in mutt's gecos structure handling af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0024 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.trustix.org
Mutt Mutt_Gecos_Name Function Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Red Hat update for mutt - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Mutt GECOS Name Processing Buffer Overflow Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
rPath update for mutt - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Mutt mutt_gecos_name() Buffer Overflow May Let Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
Advisories - Mandriva Linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
osvdb.org/34973 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
Trustix Update for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Security Advisory SA25515 - Mandriva update for mutt - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
#2885 (Buffer overflows in mutt_gecos_name) – Mutt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 dev.mutt.org
issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1391 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 issues.rpath.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2007-06-04Joshua BressersUpdates for Red Hat Enterprise Linux are available from http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0386.html
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