CVE-2007-5740 (GCVE-0-2007-5740)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2007-10-31 16:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 15:39
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://secunia.com/advisories/27458 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3677 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483034/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26270 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
Date Public
2007-10-31 00:00
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