CVE-2005-1523

published 2005-05-26

CVE-2005-1523: Format string vulnerability in imap4d server in GNU Mailutils 0.5 and 0.6, and other versions before 0.6.90, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code…

Priority P3 50 high 7.5 CVSS 2.0

AV N AC L Au N C P I P A P

EXPLOIT

Format string vulnerability in imap4d server in GNU Mailutils 0.5 and 0.6, and other versions before 0.6.90, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the command tag for IMAP commands.

Affected

7 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	mailutils	< mailutils 1:0.6.1-3 (bookworm)	mailutils 1:0.6.1-3 (bookworm)
gnu	mailutils	—	—
gnu	mailutils	—	—
gnu	mailutils	>= 0 < 1:0.6.1-3	1:0.6.1-3
gnu	mailutils	>= 0 < 1:0.6.1-3	1:0.6.1-3
gnu	mailutils	>= 0 < 1:0.6.1-3	1:0.6.1-3
gnu	mailutils	>= 0 < 1:0.6.1-3	1:0.6.1-3

CVSS provenance

nvd v2.0 7.5 HIGH AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

osv 7.5 HIGH

vendor_debian 7.5 HIGH

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