CVE-2008-5514

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.

Score

CVSS 2.0 4.3 Medium

Status

Modified - secalert@redhat.com

Published

2008-12-23

Last modified

2024-08-07

Weaknesses

CWE-119

Affected products

• Imap (University Of Washington)

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/33275
• http://secunia.com/advisories/33638
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1021485
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:146
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32958
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3490
• http://www.washington.edu/imap/documentation/RELNOTES.html
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=477227
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47526
• https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg00846.html