FKIE_CVE-2008-5514

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2008-12-23 18:30 - Updated: 2025-04-09 00:30
Severity ?
Summary
Off-by-one error in the rfc822_output_char function in the RFC822BUFFER routines in the University of Washington (UW) c-client library, as used by the UW IMAP toolkit before imap-2007e and other applications, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an e-mail message that triggers a buffer overflow.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/33275
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/33638
secalert@redhat.comhttp://securitytracker.com/id?1021485
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:146
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32958
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3490
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.washington.edu/imap/documentation/RELNOTES.html
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=477227
secalert@redhat.comhttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47526
secalert@redhat.comhttps://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg00846.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/33275
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/33638
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securitytracker.com/id?1021485
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:146
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32958
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3490
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.washington.edu/imap/documentation/RELNOTES.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=477227
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47526
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg00846.html
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
university_of_washington imap *
university_of_washington imap 2000
university_of_washington imap 2000a
university_of_washington imap 2000b
university_of_washington imap 2000c
university_of_washington imap 2001
university_of_washington imap 2001a
university_of_washington imap 2002
university_of_washington imap 2002a
university_of_washington imap 2002b
university_of_washington imap 2002c
university_of_washington imap 2002d
university_of_washington imap 2002e
university_of_washington imap 2002f
university_of_washington imap 2004
university_of_washington imap 2004a
university_of_washington imap 2004b
university_of_washington imap 2004c
university_of_washington imap 2004d
university_of_washington imap 2004e
university_of_washington imap 2004f
university_of_washington imap 2004g
university_of_washington imap 2006
university_of_washington imap 2006a
university_of_washington imap 2006b
university_of_washington imap 2006c
university_of_washington imap 2006d
university_of_washington imap 2006e
university_of_washington imap 2006f
university_of_washington imap 2006g
university_of_washington imap 2006h
university_of_washington imap 2006i
university_of_washington imap 2006j
university_of_washington imap 2006k
university_of_washington imap 2007
university_of_washington imap 2007a
university_of_washington imap 2007b
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