CVE-2008-0394 (GCVE-0-2008-0394)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-01-23 11:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 07:46
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Buffer overflow in Citadel SMTP server 7.10 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long RCPT TO command, which is not properly handled by the makeuserkey function. NOTE: some of these details were obtained from third party information.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
7 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://www.milw0rm.com/sploits/2008-vs-GNU-citade… | x_refsource_MISC |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27376 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019255 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK |
| https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4949 | exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0252 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/28590 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Date Public
2008-01-21 00:00
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