CVE-2005-1824

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.

Score

CVSS 2.0 7.5 High

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2005-06-02

Last modified

2024-08-07

Affected products

• Mailutils (Gnu)

References

• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=308031
• http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200506-02.xml