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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2005-2933 Detail

Description

Buffer overflow in the mail_valid_net_parse_work function in mail.c for Washington's IMAP Server (UW-IMAP) before imap-2004g allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a mailbox name containing a single double-quote (") character without a closing quote, which causes bytes after the double-quote to be copied into a buffer indefinitely.


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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20051201-01-U CVE, MITRE
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060501-01-U.asc CVE, MITRE
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-10/0081.html CVE, MITRE Patch 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0276.html CVE, MITRE
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0549.html CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/17062/ CVE, MITRE Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/17148 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/17152 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/17215 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/17276 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/17336 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/17483 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/17928 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/17930 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/17950 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/18554 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/19832 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/20210 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/20222 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/20951 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/21252 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/21564 CVE, MITRE
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/47 CVE, MITRE
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015000 CVE, MITRE
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2005&m=slackware-security.500161 CVE, MITRE
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-129.htm CVE, MITRE
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-160.htm CVE, MITRE
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-861 CVE, MITRE
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-10.xml CVE, MITRE
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=313&type=vulnerabilities&flashstatus=true CVE, MITRE Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/933601 CVE, MITRE US Government Resource 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:189 CVE, MITRE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:194 CVE, MITRE
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_23_sr.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-848.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-850.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0501.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/430296/100/0/threaded CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/430303/100/0/threaded CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15009 CVE, MITRE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2685 CVE, MITRE
http://www.washington.edu/imap/ CVE, MITRE Patch 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22518 CVE, MITRE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9858 CVE, MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2005-2933
NVD Published Date:
10/13/2005
NVD Last Modified:
04/02/2025
Source:
MITRE