19306 : GNU Mailutils imap4d SEARCH Command Remote Format String
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Timeline

Discovery Date	Vendor Informed Date	Vendor Ack Date	Disclosure Date	Vendor Solution Date	Exploit Publish Date
2005-08-09	2005-09-08	2005-09-09	2005-09-09	2005-09-09	2005-09-11

Time to Patch	Time to Exploit	Time to Vendor Response
1 days	33 days	1 days

Description

<em style='font-weight:bold;'>(Description Provided by <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2005-2878" target="_blank">CVE</a>)</em> : Format string vulnerability in search.c in the imap4d server in GNU Mailutils 0.6 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the SEARCH command.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access, Local / Remote, Context Dependent
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Exploit: Exploit Public
Disclosure: Vendor Verified

Products

Unknown or Incomplete

References

Security Tracker: 1014879
Milw0rm: 1209 1234
Exploit Database: 1209 1234
Secunia Advisory ID: 16783 16856 17020
CVE ID: 2005-2878 (see also: NVD)
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2005-09/0309.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-09/0262.html
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://savannah.gnu.org/patch/index.php?func=detailitem&item_id=4407
Other Advisory URL: http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-841
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200509-10.xml
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=303&type=vulnerabilities
Generic Exploit URL: http://www.securiteam.com/exploits/5HP0G1FGUQ.html

Tools & Filters

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Credit

Anonymous - iDefense Labs VCP

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 7.5
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2005-09-14 | Disagree?

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