CVE-2005-1824

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    CVE-2005-1824

    Published: 2 Jun 2005Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The sql_escape_string function in auth/sql.c for the mailutils SQL authentication module does not properly quote the "\" (backslash) character, which is used as an escape character and makes the module vulnerable to SQL injection attacks.

    References: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=308031, http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=308031, http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200506-02.xml

    Affected packages

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