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CVE-2008-5005 Details

Description

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in (1) University of Washington IMAP Toolkit 2002 through 2007c, (2) University of Washington Alpine 2.00 and earlier, and (3) Panda IMAP allow (a) local users to gain privileges by specifying a long folder extension argument on the command line to the tmail or dmail program; and (b) remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by sending e-mail to a destination mailbox name composed of a username and '+' character followed by a long string, processed by the tmail or possibly dmail program.

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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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://mailman2.u.washington.edu/pipermail/imap-uw/2008-October/002267.html	CVE	Patch
http://mailman2.u.washington.edu/pipermail/imap-uw/2008-October/002268.html	CVE
http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=122572590212610&w=4	CVE
http://panda.com/imap/	CVE
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0275.html	CVE
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=469667	CVE	Patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/32483	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32512	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/33142	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/33996	CVE
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4570	CVE
http://securitytracker.com/id?1021131	CVE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46281	CVE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10485	CVE
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-065.htm	CVE
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00058.html	CVE
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00082.html	CVE
http://www.bitsec.com/en/rad/bsa-081103.c	CVE	URL Repurposed
http://www.bitsec.com/en/rad/bsa-081103.txt	CVE	URL Repurposed
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1685	CVE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:146	CVE
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/03/3	CVE
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/03/4	CVE
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/03/5	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498002/100/0/threaded	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32072	CVE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3042	CVE
http://www.washington.edu/alpine/tmailbug.html	CVE
http://mailman2.u.washington.edu/pipermail/imap-uw/2008-October/002267.html	[email protected]	Patch
http://mailman2.u.washington.edu/pipermail/imap-uw/2008-October/002268.html	[email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=122572590212610&w=4	[email protected]
http://panda.com/imap/	[email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0275.html	[email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=469667	[email protected]	Patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/32483	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32512	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/33142	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/33996	[email protected]
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4570	[email protected]
http://securitytracker.com/id?1021131	[email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46281	[email protected]
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10485	[email protected]
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-065.htm	[email protected]
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00058.html	[email protected]
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00082.html	[email protected]
http://www.bitsec.com/en/rad/bsa-081103.c	[email protected]	URL Repurposed
http://www.bitsec.com/en/rad/bsa-081103.txt	[email protected]	URL Repurposed
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1685	[email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:146	[email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/03/3	[email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/03/4	[email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/03/5	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498002/100/0/threaded	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32072	[email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3042	[email protected]
http://www.washington.edu/alpine/tmailbug.html	[email protected]

see all 56 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-119	Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
university of washington alpine	0.80 0.81 0.82 0.83 0.98
CPE cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:alpine:0.80:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:alpine:0.81:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:alpine:0.82:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:alpine:0.83:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:alpine:0.98:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:alpine:0.99:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:alpine:0.999:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:alpine:0.9999:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:alpine:0.99999:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:alpine:0.999999:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:alpine:1.00:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:alpine:1.10:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:alpine:2.00:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
university of washington imap toolkit	2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
CPE cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:imap_toolkit:2002:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:imap_toolkit:2003:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:imap_toolkit:2004:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:imap_toolkit:2005:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:imap_toolkit:2006:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:imap_toolkit:2007:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:imap_toolkit:2007c:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

9 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 23, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Feb 14, 2024	Reference Tag Update	[email protected]
Oct 11, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Sep 29, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 8, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 10, 2008	Initial Analysis	[email protected]