CVE-2005-2878 (GCVE-0-2005-2878)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2005-09-13 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 22:53
VLAI?
Summary
Format string vulnerability in search.c in the imap4d server in GNU Mailutils 0.6 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the SEARCH command.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
http://savannah.gnu.org/patch/index.php?func=deta… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://secunia.com/advisories/17020 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-20050… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://secunia.com/advisories/16783 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?i… third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSE
http://www.rosiello.org/archivio/imap4d_FreeBSD_e… x_refsource_MISC
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-841 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112785181316043&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14794 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
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