PT-2005-3741 · Gnu · Gnu Mailutils

Gray + 1 · Published 2005-09-13 · Updated 2016-10-18 · CVE-2005-2878

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 version 0.6

Description The issue is related to a format string vulnerability in the search.c file of the imap4d server. This vulnerability allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code by including format string specifiers in the SEARCH command.

Recommendations For GNU Mailutils version 0.6, consider disabling the SEARCH command functionality in the imap4d server until a patch is available. Restrict access to the imap4d server to minimize the risk of exploitation. Avoid using format string specifiers in the SEARCH command until the issue is resolved.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2005-2878

DSA-841-1

DTSA-20-1

Affected Products

Gnu Mailutils

References · 16

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/1234 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/1209 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/3787 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=303&type=vulnerabilities&flashstatus=true · Exploit
• http://savannah.gnu.org/patch/index.php?func=detailitem&item_id=4407 · Patch
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-2878 · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/2005/dsa-841 · Vendor Advisory
• http://gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200509-10.xml · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-2878 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2005-2878 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2005-2878 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17020 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/14794 · Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112785181316043&w=2 · Note
• http://rosiello.org/archivio/imap4d_FreeBSD_exploit.c · Note