DEBIAN-CVE-2005-2933

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2005-2933

    Published: 13 Oct 2005Last Modified: 8 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2005-2933

    Summary:

    Details: Buffer overflow in the mail_valid_net_parse_work function in mail.c for Washington's IMAP Server (UW-IMAP) before imap-2004g allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a mailbox name containing a single double-quote (") character without a closing quote, which causes bytes after the double-quote to be copied into a buffer indefinitely.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-2933

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: uw-imap

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/uw-imap?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -7:2002edebian1-12

    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