CVE-2007-2958
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2007-2958 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | flexera |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2007-08-27 17:17:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC |
| Description | Format string vulnerability in the inc_put_error function in src/inc.c in Sylpheed 2.4.4, and Sylpheed-Claws (Claws Mail) 1.9.100 and 2.10.0, allows remote POP3 servers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in crafted replies. |
Risk And Classification
Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.8 from [email protected]
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
NetworkAccess Complexity
MediumAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
PartialIntegrity
PartialAvailability
PartialAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | Sylpheed | Sylpheed | 2.4.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sylpheed-claws | Sylpheed-claws | 1.9.100 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sylpheed-claws | Sylpheed-claws | 2.10.0 | All | All | All |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| Security Announcement | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.novell.com | |
| Sylpheed, Claws Mail: User-assisted remote execution of arbitrary code — Gentoo Linux Documentation | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | security.gentoo.org | |
| IBM X-Force Exchange | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com | |
| [SECURITY] Fedora 7 Update: claws-mail-3.0.0-1.fc7 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.redhat.com | |
| Sylpheed / Sylpheed-Claws POP3 Format String Vulnerability - Secunia Research - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Patch, Vendor Advisory |
| SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| osvdb.org/40184 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | osvdb.org | |
| Gentoo Bug 190104 - mail-client/{sylpheed, claws-mail} POP3 format string vulnerability (CVE-2007-2958) | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | bugs.gentoo.org | |
| Fedora update for claws-mail - Advisories - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| Webmail - OVH | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.vupen.com | |
| Bug 254121 – CVE-2007-2958 claws-mail format string vulnerability | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | bugzilla.redhat.com | |
| Sylpheed / Sylpheed-Claws POP3 Format String Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Patch, Vendor Advisory |
| Sylpheed and Sylpheed-Claws POP3 Format String Vulnerability | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | |
| Gentoo update for sylpheed and claws-mail - Advisories - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
Vendor Comments And Credit
| Organization | Published | Contributor | Statement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat | 2007-08-28 | Mark J Cox | Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect version of Sylpheed as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1. Sylpheed and claws-mail are not shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, or 5. |
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.