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CVE-2005-2665 Detail

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in expires.c in Elm 2.5 PL5 through PL7, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an e-mail message with a long Expires header.

Source:  MITRE
Description Last Modified:  08/23/2005

Impact

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.5 HIGH
Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 6.4
Exploitability Subscore: 10.0


Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): Partial
Availability (A): Partial
Additional Information:
Provides user account access
Allows unauthorized disclosure of information
Allows disruption of service

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Hyperlink Resource
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-08/0688.html Patch
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112472951529964&w=2
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014745 Patch
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-15.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:186
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-755.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/9670
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14613
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15117
http://www.slackware.org/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2005&m=slackware-security.419306
http://www.slackware.org/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2005&m=slackware-security.423056

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2005-2665
NVD Published Date:
08/23/2005
NVD Last Modified:
10/17/2016