PT-2005-2513 · Gnu · Gnu Mailutils

Infamous41Md · Published 2005-05-26 · Updated 2008-09-05 · CVE-2005-1520

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions GNU Mailutils versions 0.5 through 0.6.89

Description A buffer overflow issue exists in the header get field name function, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted e-mail.

Recommendations For GNU Mailutils versions 0.5 through 0.6.89, update to version 0.6.90 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2005-1520

DSA-732-1

Affected Products

Gnu Mailutils

References · 10

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/25706 · Exploit
• http://debian.org/security/2005/dsa-732 · Vendor Advisory
• http://idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=249&type=vulnerabilities · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-1520 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2005-1520 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-1520 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/13766 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2005-1520 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/15442 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1014052 · Note