CVE-2008-5005

Summary

CVECVE-2008-5005
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-11-10 14:12:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-11 20:53:00 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

Problem Types: CWE-119

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 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
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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[imap-uw] 20081031 Security bug in tmail and dmail MLIST mailman2.u.washington.edu
bitsec.com is for sale MISC www.bitsec.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 9 Update: uw-imap-2007d-1.fc9 FEDORA www.redhat.com
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
oss-security - Re: CVE request - uw-imap MLIST www.openwall.com
[Imap-uw] Security bug in tmail and dmail MLIST mailman2.u.washington.edu Patch
469667 – (CVE-2008-5005) CVE-2008-5005 uw-imap: buffer overflow in dmail and tmail CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Patch
UW-IMAP tmail/dmail Folder Name Buffer Overflow Lets Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges - SecurityTracker SECTRACK securitytracker.com
UW/Panda IMAP [dt]mail buffer overflow - CXSecurity.com SREASON securityreason.com
bitsec.com is for sale MISC www.bitsec.com
Alpine Messaging System--Tmail Buffer Overflow Bug MISC www.washington.edu
oss-security - CVE request - uw-imap MLIST www.openwall.com
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[SECURITY] Fedora 8 Update: uw-imap-2007d-1.fc8 FEDORA www.redhat.com
University of Washington IMAP 'tmail' and 'dmail' Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities BID www.securityfocus.com
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
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Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
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Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2009:146 | Mandriva MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
panda.com is for sale CONFIRM panda.com
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