Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2008-5005 First vendor Publication 2008-11-10
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2024-02-14

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:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 10 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 10 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in (1) University of Washington IMAP Toolkit 2002 through 2007c, (2) University of Washington Alpine 2.00 and earlier, and (3) Panda IMAP allow (a) local users to gain privileges by specifying a long folder extension argument on the command line to the tmail or dmail program; and (b) remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by sending e-mail to a destination mailbox name composed of a username and '+' character followed by a long string, processed by the tmail or possibly dmail program.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5005

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-119 Failure to Constrain Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10485
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10485
Title: Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in (1) University of Washington IMAP Toolkit 2002 through 2007c, (2) University of Washington Alpine 2.00 and earlier, and (3) Panda IMAP allow (a) local users to gain privileges by specifying a long folder extension argument on the command line to the tmail or dmail program; and (b) remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by sending e-mail to a destination mailbox name composed of a username and '+' character followed by a long string, processed by the tmail or possibly dmail program.
Description: Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in (1) University of Washington IMAP Toolkit 2002 through 2007c, (2) University of Washington Alpine 2.00 and earlier, and (3) Panda IMAP allow (a) local users to gain privileges by specifying a long folder extension argument on the command line to the tmail or dmail program; and (b) remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by sending e-mail to a destination mailbox name composed of a username and '+' character followed by a long string, processed by the tmail or possibly dmail program.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2008-5005
Version: 5
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
CentOS Linux 3
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 13
Application 7

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2011-08-09 Name : CentOS Update for imap CESA-2009:0275 centos3 i386
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2009_0275_imap_centos3_i386.nasl
2010-01-07 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 201001-03 (php)
File : nvt/glsa_201001_03.nasl
2009-12-30 Name : Mandriva Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:146-1 (imap)
File : nvt/mdksa_2009_146_1.nasl
2009-12-03 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200911-03 (c-client uw-imap)
File : nvt/glsa_200911_03.nasl
2009-08-17 Name : Mandrake Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:166 (c-client)
File : nvt/mdksa_2009_166.nasl
2009-07-06 Name : Mandrake Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:146 (imap)
File : nvt/mdksa_2009_146.nasl
2009-03-07 Name : Mandrake Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:064 (imap)
File : nvt/mdksa_2009_064.nasl
2009-03-07 Name : Ubuntu USN-726-1 (curl)
File : nvt/ubuntu_726_1.nasl
2009-03-07 Name : Ubuntu USN-727-1 (network-manager-applet)
File : nvt/ubuntu_727_1.nasl
2009-02-23 Name : RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2009:0275
File : nvt/RHSA_2009_0275.nasl
2009-02-23 Name : CentOS Security Advisory CESA-2009:0275 (imap)
File : nvt/ovcesa2009_0275.nasl
2009-02-17 Name : Fedora Update for uw-imap FEDORA-2008-9383
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_9383_uw-imap_fc8.nasl
2009-02-17 Name : Fedora Update for uw-imap FEDORA-2008-9396
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_9396_uw-imap_fc9.nasl
2008-12-23 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1685-1 (uw-imap)
File : nvt/deb_1685_1.nasl
2008-12-04 Name : Alpine tmail and dmail Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities (Win)
File : nvt/gb_alpine_tmail_n_dmail_bof_vuln_win.nasl
2008-12-04 Name : UW-imapd tmail and dmail BOF Vulnerabilities (Linux)
File : nvt/gb_uw_imapd_tmail_n_dmail_bof_vuln_lin.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
49485 UW-imapd dmail Utility Mailbox Name Handling Overflow

49484 UW-imapd tmail Utility Mailbox Name Handling Overflow

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2009-0275.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20090219_imap_on_SL3_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-02-25 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201001-03.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-11-30 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-200911-03.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-06-30 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2009-146.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-02-20 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2009-0275.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-02-20 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2009-0275.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-12-15 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-1685.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-11-06 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2008-9383.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-11-06 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2008-9396.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

Source Url
BID http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32072
BUGTRAQ http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498002/100/0/threaded
CONFIRM http://panda.com/imap/
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-065.htm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=469667
DEBIAN http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1685
FEDORA https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg0005...
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg0008...
FULLDISC http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=122572590212610&w=4
MANDRIVA http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:146
MISC http://www.bitsec.com/en/rad/bsa-081103.c
http://www.bitsec.com/en/rad/bsa-081103.txt
http://www.washington.edu/alpine/tmailbug.html
MLIST http://mailman2.u.washington.edu/pipermail/imap-uw/2008-October/002267.html
http://mailman2.u.washington.edu/pipermail/imap-uw/2008-October/002268.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/03/3
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/03/4
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/03/5
OVAL https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.ova...
REDHAT http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0275.html
SECTRACK http://securitytracker.com/id?1021131
SECUNIA http://secunia.com/advisories/32483
http://secunia.com/advisories/32512
http://secunia.com/advisories/33142
http://secunia.com/advisories/33996
SREASON http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4570
VUPEN http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3042
XF https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46281

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