CVE-2005-2661 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Format string vulnerability in the ParseBannerAndCapability function in main.c for up-imapproxy 1.2.3 and 1.2.4 allows remote IMAP servers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a banner or capability line.

Published: 2005-10-14

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 19.7% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:up-imapproxy:up-imapproxy:1.2.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:up-imapproxy:up-imapproxy:1.2.4:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.19677.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/17100/
http://secunia.com/advisories/17120
http://secunia.com/advisories/19113
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/547
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-852
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200603-04.xml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15048
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2014
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2015

History

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Subscriptions

Up-imapproxy Up-imapproxy

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: debian

Published: 2005-10-14T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T22:45:02.065Z

Reserved: 2005-08-22T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-2661

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-10-14T10:02:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2005-2661

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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