FKIE_CVE-2005-0546

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2005-05-02 04:00 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:11
Severity
Summary
Multiple buffer overflows in Cyrus IMAPd before 2.2.11 may allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) an off-by-one error in the imapd annotate extension, (2) an off-by-one error in "cached header handling," (3) a stack-based buffer overflow in fetchnews, or (4) a stack-based buffer overflow in imapd.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://asg.web.cmu.edu/archive/message.php?mailbox=archive.info-cyrus&msg=33723Patch
cve@mitre.orghttp://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=82404
cve@mitre.orghttp://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000937Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110972236203397&w=2
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/14383Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200502-29.xmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://securitytracker.com/id?1013278
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:051
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-408.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/430294/100/0/threaded
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12636
cve@mitre.orghttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10674
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://asg.web.cmu.edu/archive/message.php?mailbox=archive.info-cyrus&msg=33723Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=82404
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000937Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110972236203397&w=2
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/14383Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200502-29.xmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securitytracker.com/id?1013278
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:051
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-408.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/430294/100/0/threaded
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12636
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10674
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
cyrus imapd 2.0.17
cyrus imapd 2.1.16
cyrus imapd 2.1.17
cyrus imapd 2.1.18
cyrus imapd 2.2.10
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