7.5
HIGH
CVE-2005-2933
UW-IMAP Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Description

Buffer overflow in the mail_valid_net_parse_work function in mail.c for Washington's IMAP Server (UW-IMAP) before imap-2004g allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a mailbox name containing a single double-quote (") character without a closing quote, which causes bytes after the double-quote to be copied into a buffer indefinitely.

INFO

Published Date :

Oct. 13, 2005, 10:02 p.m.

Last Modified :

Oct. 19, 2018, 3:34 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

6.4

Exploitability Score :

10.0
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2005-2933 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 University_of_washington uw-imap
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2005-2933.

URL Resource
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20051201-01-U
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060501-01-U.asc
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-10/0081.html Patch
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0276.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0549.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/17062/ Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17148
http://secunia.com/advisories/17152
http://secunia.com/advisories/17215
http://secunia.com/advisories/17276
http://secunia.com/advisories/17336
http://secunia.com/advisories/17483
http://secunia.com/advisories/17928
http://secunia.com/advisories/17930
http://secunia.com/advisories/17950
http://secunia.com/advisories/18554
http://secunia.com/advisories/19832
http://secunia.com/advisories/20210
http://secunia.com/advisories/20222
http://secunia.com/advisories/20951
http://secunia.com/advisories/21252
http://secunia.com/advisories/21564
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/47
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015000
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2005&m=slackware-security.500161
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-129.htm
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-160.htm
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-861
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-10.xml
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=313&type=vulnerabilities&flashstatus=true Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/933601 US Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:189
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:194
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_23_sr.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-848.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-850.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0501.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/430296/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/430303/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15009
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2685
http://www.washington.edu/imap/ Patch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22518
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9858

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2005-2933 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2005-2933 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 19, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/430303/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/430296/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/430303/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/430296/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 11, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9858 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9858 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 11, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/22518 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22518 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 14, 2005

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2005-2933 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2005-2933 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

32.28 }} -5.84%

score

0.97077

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability