CVE-2005-2878 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Format string vulnerability in search.c in the imap4d server in GNU Mailutils 0.6 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the SEARCH command.

Published: 2005-09-13

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 57.1% High

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailutils:0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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 0.57139.

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References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112785181316043&w=2
http://savannah.gnu.org/patch/index.php?func=detailitem&item_id=4407
http://secunia.com/advisories/16783
http://secunia.com/advisories/17020
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-841
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200509-10.xml
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=303&type=vulnerabilities&flashstatus=true
http://www.rosiello.org/archivio/imap4d_FreeBSD_exploit.c
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14794

History

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Subscriptions

Gnu Mailutils

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-09-13T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T22:53:29.679Z

Reserved: 2005-09-13T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-2878

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-09-13T23:03:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2005-2878

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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