CVE-2005-2878

high

Description

Format string vulnerability in search.c in the imap4d server in GNU Mailutils 0.6 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the SEARCH command.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14794

http://www.rosiello.org/archivio/imap4d_FreeBSD_exploit.c

http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200509-10.xml

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-841

http://secunia.com/advisories/17020

http://secunia.com/advisories/16783

http://savannah.gnu.org/patch/index.php?func=detailitem&item_id=4407

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112785181316043&w=2

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2005-09-13

Updated: 2016-10-18

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H