PT-2008-6904 · Washington University+1 · Uw-Imap+6

Published 1970-01-01 · Updated 2017-08-08 · CVE-2008-5006

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

10

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions University of Washington IMAP Toolkit versions prior to 2007b uw-imapd-ssl (affected versions not specified) uw-mailutils (affected versions not specified) libc-client-dev (affected versions not specified) uw-imapd (affected versions not specified) libc-client2002edebian (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue concerns multiple vulnerabilities in the University of Washington IMAP Toolkit and related packages in the Debian GNU/Linux operating system. These vulnerabilities can be exploited remotely, potentially leading to a breach of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of protected information. Specifically, a vulnerability in the c-client library allows remote SMTP servers to cause a denial of service by responding to the QUIT command with a close of the TCP connection instead of the expected 221 response code.

Recommendations For University of Washington IMAP Toolkit version prior to 2007b: Update to version 2007b or later to resolve the issue. For uw-imapd-ssl: At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability. For uw-mailutils: At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability. For libc-client-dev: At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability. For uw-imapd: At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability. For libc-client2002edebian: At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-399

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

BDU:2015-02399

BDU:2015-02400

BDU:2015-02401

BDU:2015-02402

BDU:2015-02403

CVE-2008-5006

DSA-1685-1

DTSA-174-1

DTSA-174-2

Affected Products

Debian

University Of Washington Imap Toolkit

Libc-Client-Dev

Libc-Client2002Edebian

Uw-Imap

Uw-Imapd-Ssl

Uw-Mailutils

References · 18

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2008-5006 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5006 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-5006 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-02399 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5006 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5005 · Security Note
• http://debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1685 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-02402 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5006 · Security Note
• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:146 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-02401 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-02400 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-02403 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/33142 · Note
• http://debian.org/security/dsa-1685 · Note