National Cyber-Alert System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2005-2933

Overview

Buffer overflow in the mail_valid_net_parse_work function in mail.c for Washington's IMAP Server (UW-IMAP) before imap-2004g allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a mailbox name containing a single double-quote (") character without a closing quote, which causes bytes after the double-quote to be copied into a buffer indefinitely.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#933601

Name: VU#933601

Hyperlink:http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/933601

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.washington.edu/imap/

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.washington.edu/imap/

External Source: IDEFENSE

Name: 20051004 UW-IMAP Netmailbox Name Parsing Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=313&type=vulnerabilities&flashstatus=true

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 17062

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/17062/

External Source: FULLDISC

Name: 20051004 iDEFENSE Security Advisory 10.04.05: UW-IMAP Netmailbox Name Parsing Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-10/0081.html

External Source: XF

Name: uw-imap-mailbox-name-bo(22518)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/22518

External Source: BID

Name: 15009

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15009

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FLSA:184098

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/430303/100/0/threaded

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FLSA:170411

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/430296/100/0/threaded

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2006:0501

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0501.html

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2005:850

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-850.html

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2005:848

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-848.html

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SR:2005:023

Hyperlink:http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_23_sr.html

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDKSA-2005:189

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:189

External Source: GENTOO

Name: GLSA-200510-10

Hyperlink:http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-10.xml

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2006-2685

Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2006/2685

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-861

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-861

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-160.htm

Hyperlink:http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-160.htm

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-129.htm

Hyperlink:http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-129.htm

External Source: SLACKWARE

Name: SSA:2005-310-06

Hyperlink:http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2005&m=slackware-security.500161

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1015000

Hyperlink:http://securitytracker.com/id?1015000

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 21564

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/21564

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 21252

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/21252

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 20951

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/20951

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 20222

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/20222

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 19832

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/19832

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 18554

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/18554

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 17950

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/17950

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 17930

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/17930

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 17928

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/17928

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 17483

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/17483

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 17336

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/17336

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 17276

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/17276

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 17215

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/17215

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 17152

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/17152

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 17148

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/17148

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2006:0549

Hyperlink:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0549.html

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2006:0276

Hyperlink:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0276.html

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDKSA-2005:194

Hyperlink:http://frontal2.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:194

External Source: SGI

Name: 20051201-01-U

Hyperlink:ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20051201-01-U

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDKSA-2005:194

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:194

External Source: SREASON

Name: 47

Hyperlink:http://securityreason.com/securityalert/47

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 20210

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/20210

External Source: SGI

Name: 20060501-01-U

Hyperlink:ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060501-01-U.asc