CVE-2008-5005

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    CVE-2008-5005

    Published: 10 Nov 2008Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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: 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://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1685, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:146, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3042, http://mailman2.u.washington.edu/pipermail/imap-uw/2008-October/002267.html, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=469667, 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://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.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.washington.edu/alpine/tmailbug.html, 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

    Affected packages

    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