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CVE-2008-5005 Detail

Description

Multiple 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.

Source:  MITRE
Description Last Modified:  11/10/2008

Impact

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

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

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

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Hyperlink Resource
http://mailman2.u.washington.edu/pipermail/imap-uw/2008-October/002267.html Patch
http://mailman2.u.washington.edu/pipermail/imap-uw/2008-October/002268.html
http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=122572590212610&w=4
http://panda.com/imap/
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0275.html
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4570
http://securitytracker.com/id?1021131
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-065.htm
http://www.bitsec.com/en/rad/bsa-081103.txt
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1685
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:146
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/03/3
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/03/4
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/03/5
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498002/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32072
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3042
http://www.washington.edu/alpine/tmailbug.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=469667 Patch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46281
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10485
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00058.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00082.html

References to Check Content

Identifier:
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10485
Check System:
http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5
Hyperlink:
http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10485

Technical Details

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-5005
NVD Published Date:
11/10/2008
NVD Last Modified:
10/11/2018