CVE-2008-5005

uw-imap: buffer overflow in dmail and tmail

Published Nov 10, 2008 CVSS 2.0 · 10.0 Critical EPSS 6.4% KEV · Not listed
Description
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.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1685-1 New uw-imap packages fix multiple vulnerabilities
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2008-4984 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.
References
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http://mailman2.u.washington.edu/pipermail/imap-uw/2008-October/002267.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://mailman2.u.washington.edu/pipermail/imap-uw/2008-October/002268.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=122572590212610&w=4 cve-icon cve-icon
http://panda.com/imap/ cve-icon cve-icon
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0275.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/32483 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/32512 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/33142 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/33996 cve-icon cve-icon
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4570 cve-icon cve-icon
http://securitytracker.com/id?1021131 cve-icon cve-icon
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-065.htm cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.bitsec.com/en/rad/bsa-081103.c cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.bitsec.com/en/rad/bsa-081103.txt cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1685 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:146 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/03/3 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/03/4 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/03/5 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498002/100/0/threaded cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32072 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3042 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.washington.edu/alpine/tmailbug.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=469667 cve-icon cve-icon
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46281 cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5005 cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10485 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5005 cve-icon
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00058.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00082.html cve-icon cve-icon
History

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 10:40 AM
Reserved
Nov 10, 2008, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Nov 10, 2008, 2:12 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 10:58 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Oct 31, 2008, 12:00 AM