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    CVE-2008-5005

    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.

    Published:Oct 31, 2008
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Nov 10, 2008
    EPSS Score:0.04761
    CVSS Score:10

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux
    Vendor
    University Of Washington
    Product
    Alpine
    Vendor
    University Of Washington
    Product
    Imap Toolkit

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

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    References

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

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High