CVE-2007-5007
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2007-5007 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | mitre |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2007-12-12 22:10:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC |
| Description | Stack-based buffer overflow in the ir_fetch_seq function in balsa before 2.3.20 might allow remote IMAP servers to execute arbitrary code via a long response to a FETCH command. |
Risk And Classification
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 | Gnome | Balsa | 1.1.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnome | Balsa | 1.2.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnome | Balsa | 1.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnome | Balsa | 1.4.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnome | Balsa | 2.0.10 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnome | Balsa | 2.0.16 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnome | Balsa | 2.0.17 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnome | Balsa | 2.0.18 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnome | Balsa | 2.0.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnome | Balsa | 2.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnome | Balsa | 2.1.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnome | Balsa | 2.1.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnome | Balsa | 2.1.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnome | Balsa | 2.1.90 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnome | Balsa | 2.1.91 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnome | Balsa | 2.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnome | Balsa | 2.2.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnome | Balsa | 2.2.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnome | Balsa | 2.2.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnome | Balsa | 2.2.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnome | Balsa | 2.2.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnome | Balsa | 2.2.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnome | Balsa | 2.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnome | Balsa | 2.3.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnome | Balsa | 2.3.10 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnome | Balsa | 2.3.11 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnome | Balsa | 2.3.12 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnome | Balsa | 2.3.13 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnome | Balsa | 2.3.14 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnome | Balsa | 2.3.15 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnome | Balsa | 2.3.16 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnome | Balsa | 2.3.17 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnome | Balsa | 2.3.19 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnome | Balsa | 2.3.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnome | Balsa | 2.3.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnome | Balsa | 2.3.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnome | Balsa | 2.3.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnome | Balsa | 2.3.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnome | Balsa | 2.3.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnome | Balsa | 2.3.8 | All | All | All |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| Webmail - OVH | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.vupen.com | |
| osvdb.org/40585 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | osvdb.org | |
| Security Announcement | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.novell.com | |
| Gentoo update for balsa - Advisories - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Vendor Advisory |
| 297581 – (CVE-2007-5007) CVE-2007-5007 balsa: IMAP server triggerred stack overflow | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | bugzilla.redhat.com | |
| Balsa "ir_fetch_seq()" Buffer Overflow Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Vendor Advisory |
| Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Balsa: Buffer overflow | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.gentoo.org | |
| Balsa Fetch Command Remote Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerability | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | Patch |
| Gentoo Bug 193179 - mail-client/balsa < 2.3.20 ir_fetch_seq() Stack-based buffer overflow (CVE-2007-5007) | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | bugs.gentoo.org | Exploit |
| ANNOUNCE: balsa-2.3.20 released | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | mail.gnome.org | Patch |
| Bug 474366 – buffer overflow in ir_fetch_seq() | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | bugzilla.gnome.org | |
| SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Vendor Advisory |
| 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 | 2008-01-09 | Mark J Cox | Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect version of balsa as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1. |
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.