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CVE-2005-1523

Format string vulnerability in imap4d server in GNU Mailutils 0.5 and 0.6, and other versions before 0.6.90, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the command tag for IMAP commands.

Published

2005-05-26T04:00:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 7.5 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	gnu	mailutils	0.5	Yes
Application	gnu	mailutils	0.6	Yes

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/15442 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014052 ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-732 ([email protected])
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=246&type=vulnerabilities Patch ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13764 Patch ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/15442 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014052 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-732 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=246&type=vulnerabilities Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13764 Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)