CVE-2008-5006

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    CVE-2008-5006

    Published: 10 Nov 2008Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: smtp.c in the c-client library in University of Washington IMAP Toolkit 2007b allows remote SMTP servers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) by responding to the QUIT command with a close of the TCP connection instead of the expected 221 response code.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/33142, 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/2008/11/03/5, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32280, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46604

    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