Vulnerability Details : CVE-2008-5005
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.
Vulnerability category: OverflowExecute code
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-5005
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days: 11.78%
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less: ~ 95 % EPSS Score History EPSS FAQ
CVSS scores for CVE-2008-5005
| Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source |
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10.0
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HIGH | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
10.0
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10.0
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NIST |
CWE ids for CVE-2008-5005
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The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer.Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
References for CVE-2008-5005
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http://www.washington.edu/alpine/tmailbug.html
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https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00058.html
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http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498002/100/0/threaded
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http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4570
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https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10485
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http://mailman2.u.washington.edu/pipermail/imap-uw/2008-October/002267.html
Patch
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http://mailman2.u.washington.edu/pipermail/imap-uw/2008-October/002268.html
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32072
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http://www.bitsec.com/en/rad/bsa-081103.txt
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1685
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http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3042
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http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-065.htm
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http://securitytracker.com/id?1021131
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http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0275.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:146
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=469667
Patch
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http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/03/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/03/5
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http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/03/4
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https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46281
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http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=122572590212610&w=4
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https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00082.html
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http://panda.com/imap/
Products affected by CVE-2008-5005
- cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:imap_toolkit:2007:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:imap_toolkit:2007c:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:imap_toolkit:2005:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:imap_toolkit:2006:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:imap_toolkit:2002:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:imap_toolkit:2003:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:imap_toolkit:2004:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:alpine:0.999:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:alpine:0.99:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:alpine:0.99999:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:alpine:0.9999:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:alpine:2.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:alpine:1.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:alpine:0.98:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:alpine:0.83:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:alpine:0.82:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:alpine:1.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:alpine:0.999999:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:alpine:0.81:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:alpine:0.80:*:*:*:*:*:*:*