Executive Summary



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Informations
Name CVE-2007-5740 First vendor Publication 2007-10-31
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2018-10-15

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 7.5 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

The format string protection mechanism in IMAPD for Perdition Mail Retrieval Proxy 1.17 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an IMAP tag with a null byte followed by a format string specifier, which is not counted by the mechanism.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5740

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-134 Uncontrolled Format String (CWE/SANS Top 25)

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17904
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17904
Title: DSA-1398-1 perdition - format string vulnerability
Description: Bernhard Mueller of SEC Consult has discovered a format string vulnerability in perdition, an IMAP proxy. This vulnerability could allow an unauthenticated remote user to run arbitrary code on the perdition server by providing a specially formatted IMAP tag.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): DSA-1398-1
CVE-2007-5740
 Version: 7
Platform(s): Debian GNU/Linux 4.0
 Product(s): perdition
Definition Synopsis:

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2008-09-04 Name : FreeBSD Ports: perdition
File : nvt/freebsd_perdition.nasl
2008-01-17 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1398-1 (perdition)
File : nvt/deb_1398_1.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
42004 Perdition Mail Retrieval Proxy IMAPD IMAP Tag Remote Format String Arbitrary ...

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2007-11-06 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-1398.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-11-06 Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.
File : freebsd_pkg_617a40218bf011dcbffa0016179b2dd5.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-11-01 Name : The remote IMAP server is affected by a format string vulnerability.
File : perdition_tag_format_string.nasl - Type : ACT_ATTACK

Sources (Detail)

Source Url
BID http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26270
BUGTRAQ http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483034/100/0/threaded
CONFIRM http://www.vergenet.net/linux/perdition/ChangeLog.shtml
DEBIAN http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1398
FULLDISC http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2007-10/0889.html
MISC http://www.sec-consult.com/300.html
SECTRACK http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018883
SECUNIA http://secunia.com/advisories/27458
http://secunia.com/advisories/27520
VUPEN http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3677
XF https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38184

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