Executive Summary

Summary
Title Cyrus IMAP server vulnerability
Informations
Name USN-87-1 First vendor Publication 2005-02-28
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2005-02-28
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision N/A

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

A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases:

Ubuntu 4.10 (Warty Warthog)

The following packages are affected:

cyrus21-imapd

The problem can be corrected by upgrading the affected package to version 2.1.16-6ubuntu0.3. In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes.

Details follow:

Sean Larsson discovered a buffer overflow in the IMAP "annotate" extension. This possibly allowed an authenticated IMAP client to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the Cyrus IMAP server.

Original Source

Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-87-1

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10674
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10674
Title: Multiple buffer overflows in Cyrus IMAPd before 2.2.11 may allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) an off-by-one error in the imapd annotate extension, (2) an off-by-one error in "cached header handling," (3) a stack-based buffer overflow in fetchnews, or (4) a stack-based buffer overflow in imapd.
Description: Multiple buffer overflows in Cyrus IMAPd before 2.2.11 may allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) an off-by-one error in the imapd annotate extension, (2) an off-by-one error in "cached header handling," (3) a stack-based buffer overflow in fetchnews, or (4) a stack-based buffer overflow in imapd.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2005-0546
Version: 5
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
CentOS Linux 4
Oracle Linux 4
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 5

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2008-09-24 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200502-29 (cyrus-imapd)
File : nvt/glsa_200502_29.nasl
2008-09-04 Name : FreeBSD Ports: cyrus-imapd
File : nvt/freebsd_cyrus-imapd.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
14093 Cyrus IMAP Server Long Filename Overflow

14092 Cyrus IMAP Server Backend Overflow

14091 Cyrus IMAP Server fetchnews Overflow

14090 Cyrus IMAP Server Annotate Extension Function Overflow

14089 Cyrus IMAP Server Mailbox Handling Overflow

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2012-09-24 Name : The remote Fedora Core host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2005-339.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2006-07-05 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2005-408.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2006-01-15 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-87-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2005-07-13 Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.
File : freebsd_pkg_b2d248ad88f611d9aa180001020eed82.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2005-05-17 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2005-408.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2005-03-06 Name : The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandrake_MDKSA-2005-051.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2005-02-24 Name : The remote IMAP server is affected by multiple buffer overflow issues.
File : cyrus_imap_multiple_vulnerabilities.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2005-02-23 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-200502-29.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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2014-02-17 12:06:26
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2013-05-11 12:26:22
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