CVE-2008-5005
University of Washington IMAP Toolkit/Panda IMAP Stack-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Description
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in (1) University of Washington IMAP Toolkit 2002 through 2007c, (2) University of Washington Alpine 2.00 and earlier, and (3) Panda IMAP allow (a) local users to gain privileges by specifying a long folder extension argument on the command line to the tmail or dmail program; and (b) remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by sending e-mail to a destination mailbox name composed of a username and '+' character followed by a long string, processed by the tmail or possibly dmail program.
INFO
Published Date :
Nov. 10, 2008, 2:12 p.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 21, 2024, 12:53 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
10.0
Exploitability Score :
10.0
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2008-5005
vulnerability.
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CVE-2008-5005 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2008-5005 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.
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://mailman2.u.washington.edu/pipermail/imap-uw/2008-October/002267.html Added Reference http://mailman2.u.washington.edu/pipermail/imap-uw/2008-October/002268.html Added Reference http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=122572590212610&w=4 Added Reference http://panda.com/imap/ Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0275.html Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/32483 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/32512 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/33142 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/33996 Added Reference http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4570 Added Reference http://securitytracker.com/id?1021131 Added Reference http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-065.htm Added Reference http://www.bitsec.com/en/rad/bsa-081103.c Added Reference http://www.bitsec.com/en/rad/bsa-081103.txt Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1685 Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:146 Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/03/3 Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/03/4 Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/03/5 Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498002/100/0/threaded Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32072 Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3042 Added Reference http://www.washington.edu/alpine/tmailbug.html Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=469667 Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46281 Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10485 Added Reference https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00058.html Added Reference https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00082.html -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 11, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/498002/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498002/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Sep. 29, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10485 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10485 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Aug. 08, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/46281 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46281 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Nov. 10, 2008
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2008-5005 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
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stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2008-5005
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
11.78 }} 5.46%
score
0.95125
percentile