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CVE-2008-5006 Details

Description

smtp.c in the c-client library in University of Washington IMAP Toolkit 2007b allows remote SMTP servers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) by responding to the QUIT command with a close of the TCP connection instead of the expected 221 response code.

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)
http://secunia.com/advisories/33142 CVE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46604 CVE
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/2008/11/03/5 CVE

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-399Resource Management Errors[email protected]
NVD-CWE-noinfoInsufficient Information to Classify Weakness[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
university of washington imap toolkit
2007b

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:imap_toolkit:2007b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-5006
NVD Published Date:
Nov 10, 2008
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2008-5006 Details - Not Deferred