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UW-IMAP < 2007e c-client Library Overflow

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 4798

Synopsis

The remote host is vulnerable to a buffer overflow.

Description

There is a flaw in the remote UW-IMAP server that allows a remote user to execute arbitrary code on the server. The flaw is in the way that UW-IMAP handles malformed data sent to the 'rfc822_output_char' function of the 'c-client' library. An attacker exploiting this flaw would only need the ability to send malformed data to the server process.

Solution

Upgrade to version 2007e or higher.

See Also

http://www.washington.edu/imap

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 4798

Family: IMAP Servers

Published: 12/22/2008

Updated: 3/6/2019

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.4

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 5.1

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:X/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:university_of_washington:imap

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-5514

BID: 32958