DEBIAN-CVE-2005-2878

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2005-2878

    Published: 13 Sept 2005Last Modified: 8 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2005-2878

    Summary:

    Details: Format string vulnerability in search.c in the imap4d server in GNU Mailutils 0.6 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the SEARCH command.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-2878

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: mailutils

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/mailutils?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1:0.6.90-3

    Affected versions

    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
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