CVE-2008-5514 (GCVE-0-2008-5514)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2008-12-23 18:13
Modified
2024-08-07 10:56
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
Off-by-one error in the rfc822_output_char function in the RFC822BUFFER routines in the University of Washington (UW) c-client library, as used by the UW IMAP toolkit before imap-2007e and other applications, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an e-mail message that triggers a buffer overflow.
References
secalert@redhat.com http://secunia.com/advisories/33275
secalert@redhat.com http://secunia.com/advisories/33638
secalert@redhat.com http://securitytracker.com/id?1021485
secalert@redhat.com http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:146
secalert@redhat.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32958
secalert@redhat.com http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3490
secalert@redhat.com http://www.washington.edu/imap/documentation/RELNOTES.html
secalert@redhat.com https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=477227
secalert@redhat.com https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47526
secalert@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg00846.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://secunia.com/advisories/33275
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://secunia.com/advisories/33638
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://securitytracker.com/id?1021485
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:146
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32958
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3490
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.washington.edu/imap/documentation/RELNOTES.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=477227
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47526
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg00846.html
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