National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2007-5740

Overview

The format string protection mechanism in IMAPD for Perdition Mail Retrieval Proxy 1.17 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an IMAP tag with a null byte followed by a format string specifier, which is not counted by the mechanism.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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External Source: FULLDISC

Name: 20071031 SEC Consult SA-20071031-0 :: Perdition IMAP Proxy Format String Vulnerability

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2007-10/0889.html

External Source: XF

Name: perdition-imap-strvwrite-format-string(38184)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/38184

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2007-3677

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3677

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.vergenet.net/linux/perdition/ChangeLog.shtml

Hyperlink:http://www.vergenet.net/linux/perdition/ChangeLog.shtml

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1018883

Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018883

External Source: BID

Name: 26270

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26270

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20071031 SEC Consult SA-20071031-0 :: Perdition IMAP Proxy Format StringVulnerability

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/483034/100/0/threaded

External Source: MISC

Name: http://www.sec-consult.com/300.html

Hyperlink:http://www.sec-consult.com/300.html

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-1398

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1398

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 27520

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27520

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 27458

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27458