DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5514

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5514

    Published: 23 Dec 2008Last Modified: 1 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2008-5514

    Summary:

    Details: Off-by-one error in the rfc822_output_char function in the RFC822BUFFER routines in the University of Washington (UW) c-client library, as used by the UW IMAP toolkit before imap-2007e and other applications, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an e-mail message that triggers a buffer overflow.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-5514

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: alpine

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

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.02-3.1

    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