CVE-2008-5005

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-5005
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-11-10 14:12:56 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionMultiple stack-based buffer overflows in (1) University of Washington IMAP Toolkit 2002 through 2007c, (2) University of Washington Alpine 2.00 and earlier, and (3) Panda IMAP allow (a) local users to gain privileges by specifying a long folder extension argument on the command line to the tmail or dmail program; and (b) remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by sending e-mail to a destination mailbox name composed of a username and '+' character followed by a long string, processed by the tmail or possibly dmail program.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 10 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application University Of Washington Alpine 0.80 All All All
Application University Of Washington Alpine 0.81 All All All
Application University Of Washington Alpine 0.82 All All All
Application University Of Washington Alpine 0.83 All All All
Application University Of Washington Alpine 0.98 All All All
Application University Of Washington Alpine 0.99 All All All
Application University Of Washington Alpine 0.999 All All All
Application University Of Washington Alpine 0.9999 All All All
Application University Of Washington Alpine 0.99999 All All All
Application University Of Washington Alpine 0.999999 All All All
Application University Of Washington Alpine 1.00 All All All
Application University Of Washington Alpine 1.10 All All All
Application University Of Washington Alpine 2.00 All All All
Application University Of Washington Imap Toolkit 2002 All All All
Application University Of Washington Imap Toolkit 2003 All All All
Application University Of Washington Imap Toolkit 2004 All All All
Application University Of Washington Imap Toolkit 2005 All All All
Application University Of Washington Imap Toolkit 2006 All All All
Application University Of Washington Imap Toolkit 2007 All All All
Application University Of Washington Imap Toolkit 2007c All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
469667 – (CVE-2008-5005) CVE-2008-5005 uw-imap: buffer overflow in dmail and tmail af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Patch
Red Hat update for imap - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Security Alerts - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
[Imap-uw] Security bug in tmail and dmail af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 mailman2.u.washington.edu Patch
University of Washington IMAP 'tmail' and 'dmail' Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
bitsec.com is for sale af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.bitsec.com URL Repurposed
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1685-1 uw-imap af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
UW-imapd "tmail" and "dmail" Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2009:146 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
'[Full-disclosure] Bitsec Security Advisory: UW/Panda IMAP [dt]mail' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
[SECURITY] Fedora 8 Update: uw-imap-2007d-1.fc8 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
UW-IMAP tmail/dmail Folder Name Buffer Overflow Lets Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
oss-security - CVE request - uw-imap af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
bitsec.com is for sale af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.bitsec.com URL Repurposed
UW/Panda IMAP [dt]mail buffer overflow - CXSecurity.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securityreason.com
ASA-2009-065 (RHSA-2009-0275) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.avaya.com
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 9 Update: uw-imap-2007d-1.fc9 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
mailman2.u.washington.edu/pipermail/imap-uw/2008-October/002268.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 mailman2.u.washington.edu
Alpine Messaging System--Tmail Buffer Overflow Bug af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.washington.edu
panda.com is for sale af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 panda.com
oss-security - Re: CVE request - uw-imap af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Fedora update for uw-imap - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
oss-security - Re: CVE request - uw-imap af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
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