CVE-2007-2683

Buffer overflow in Mutt 1.4.2 might allow local users to execute arbitrary code via "&" characters in the GECOS field, which triggers the overflow during alias expansion.

Score

CVSS 2.0 3.5 Low

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2007-05-15

Last modified

2024-08-07

Affected products

• Mutt (Mutt)

References

• http://dev.mutt.org/trac/ticket/2885
• http://osvdb.org/34973
• http://secunia.com/advisories/25408
• http://secunia.com/advisories/25515
• http://secunia.com/advisories/25529
• http://secunia.com/advisories/25546
• http://secunia.com/advisories/26415
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:113
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0386.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24192
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018066
• http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0024/
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=239890
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34441
• https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1391
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10543