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CVE-2005-2933 Details

Description

Buffer overflow in the mail_valid_net_parse_work function in mail.c for Washington's IMAP Server (UW-IMAP) before imap-2004g allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a mailbox name containing a single double-quote (") character without a closing quote, which causes bytes after the double-quote to be copied into a buffer indefinitely.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20051201-01-U CVE
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060501-01-U.asc CVE
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-10/0081.html CVEPatch
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0276.html CVE
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0549.html CVE

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
NVD-CWE-OtherWeakness Not in a Standard CWE Category[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
university of washington uw-imap
<= 2004f
2004
2004a
2004b
2004c

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:uw-imap:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:uw-imap:2004:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:uw-imap:2004a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:uw-imap:2004b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:uw-imap:2004c:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:uw-imap:2004d:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:uw-imap:2004e:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2005-2933
NVD Published Date:
Oct 13, 2005
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]