Buffer overflow in University Of Washington Alpine
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 class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 10.0 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.064 (93.4th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 93rd percentile — 93.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.064 · newest: 0.064 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- University Of Washington Alpine — versions 0.80, 0.81, 0.82
- University Of Washington Imap Toolkit — versions 2002, 2003, 2004
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10485 (signature, vdb-entry)
- panda.com/imap/
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/03/3 (mailing-list)
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00082.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.bitsec.com/en/rad/bsa-081103.txt (URL Repurposed)
- www.bitsec.com/en/rad/bsa-081103.c (URL Repurposed)
- support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-065.htm
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/03/5 (mailing-list)
- www.washington.edu/alpine/tmailbug.html
- securityreason.com/securityalert/4570 (third-party-advisory)