The sql_escape_string function in auth/sql.c for the mailutils SQL authentication module does not properly quote the "\" (backslash) character, which is used as an escape character and makes the module vulnerable to SQL injection attacks.
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200506-02.xml
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=308031
Source: Mitre, NVD
Published: 2005-06-02
Updated: 2008-09-05
Base Score: 7.5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Severity: High
Base Score: 9.8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity: Critical