CVE-2005-1824

critical

Description

The sql_escape_string function in auth/sql.c for the mailutils SQL authentication module does not properly quote the "\" (backslash) character, which is used as an escape character and makes the module vulnerable to SQL injection attacks.

References

http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200506-02.xml

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=308031

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2005-06-02

Updated: 2008-09-05

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical