CVE-2011-3208 (GCVE-0-2011-3208)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2011-09-14 17:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 23:29
VLAI
Summary
Stack-based buffer overflow in the split_wildmats function in nntpd.c in nntpd in Cyrus IMAP Server before 2.3.17 and 2.4.x before 2.4.11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted NNTP command.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
redhat CNA under the redhat root
CNA scorecard B 82/100 over 1063 records in the last 180 days details
References
URL Tags
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http://www.osvdb.org/75307 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2011-0… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
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http://secunia.com/advisories/45975 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
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http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-13… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://secunia.com/advisories/45938 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
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Date Public
2011-09-08 00:00
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