CVE-2006-0559 (GCVE-0-2006-0559)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2006-04-04 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 16:41
VLAI?
Summary
Format string vulnerability in the SMTP server for McAfee WebShield 4.5 MR2 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format strings in the domain name portion of a destination address, which are not properly handled when a bounce message is constructed.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16742 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.osvdb.org/24366 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/429812/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/671 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015861 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://secunia.com/advisories/19491 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1219 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
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