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National Vulnerability Database

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CVE-2007-2958 Detail

Description

Format string vulnerability in the inc_put_error function in src/inc.c in Sylpheed 2.4.4, and Sylpheed-Claws (Claws Mail) 1.9.100 and 2.10.0, allows remote POP3 servers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in crafted replies.


Metrics

 
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

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Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (08/28/2007)

Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect version of Sylpheed as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1. Sylpheed and claws-mail are not shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, or 5.

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=190104 CVE, Flexera Software LLC
http://osvdb.org/40184 CVE, Flexera Software LLC
http://secunia.com/advisories/26550 CVE, Flexera Software LLC Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/26610 CVE, Flexera Software LLC
http://secunia.com/advisories/27229 CVE, Flexera Software LLC
http://secunia.com/advisories/27379 CVE, Flexera Software LLC
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2007-70/advisory/ CVE, Flexera Software LLC Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200710-29.xml CVE, Flexera Software LLC
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_20_sr.html CVE, Flexera Software LLC
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25430 CVE, Flexera Software LLC
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2971 CVE, Flexera Software LLC
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=254121 CVE, Flexera Software LLC
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36238 CVE, Flexera Software LLC
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-September/msg00077.html CVE, Flexera Software LLC

Weakness Enumeration

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2007-2958
NVD Published Date:
08/27/2007
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
Flexera Software LLC