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CVE-2008-5005

Date: November 10, 2008

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.

Severity Score

9.8

Related Resources (31)

Url: https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00082.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/33142

Url: https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10485

Url: http://www.bitsec.com/en/rad/bsa-081103.txt

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/32512

Url: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46281

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498002/100/0/threaded

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1685

Url: http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4570

Url: http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=122572590212610&w=4

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5005

Url: http://mailman2.u.washington.edu/pipermail/imap-uw/2008-October/002268.html

Url: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:146

Url: http://panda.com/imap/

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/33996

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/32483

Url: http://www.washington.edu/alpine/tmailbug.html

Url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=469667

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32072

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0275.html

Url: http://www.bitsec.com/en/rad/bsa-081103.c

Url: http://mailman2.u.washington.edu/pipermail/imap-uw/2008-October/002267.html

Url: http://securitytracker.com/id?1021131

Url: https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00058.html

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/03/4

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/03/5

Url: http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-065.htm

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3042

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/03/3

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2008-5005

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2008-5005

Severity Score

9.8

Weakness Type (CWE)

Buffer Errors

CWE-119

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	9.8
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	10.0
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	COMPLETE
Integrity (I):	COMPLETE
Availability (A):	COMPLETE
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CVE-2008-5005

Date: November 10, 2008

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