FKIE_CVE-2007-5007

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2007-12-12 22:10 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:45
Severity
Summary
Stack-based buffer overflow in the ir_fetch_seq function in balsa before 2.3.20 might allow remote IMAP servers to execute arbitrary code via a long response to a FETCH command.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=193179Exploit
cve@mitre.orghttp://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=474366
cve@mitre.orghttp://mail.gnome.org/archives/balsa-list/2007-September/msg00010.htmlPatch
cve@mitre.orghttp://osvdb.org/40585
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/26947Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/26987Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/27272Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200710-17.xml
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_19_sr.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25777Patch
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3263
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=297581
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=193179Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=474366
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://mail.gnome.org/archives/balsa-list/2007-September/msg00010.htmlPatch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://osvdb.org/40585
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/26947Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/26987Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/27272Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200710-17.xml
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_19_sr.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25777Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3263
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=297581
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
gnome balsa 1.1.7
gnome balsa 1.2.4
gnome balsa 1.4
gnome balsa 1.4.3
gnome balsa 2.0.6
gnome balsa 2.0.10
gnome balsa 2.0.16
gnome balsa 2.0.17
gnome balsa 2.0.18
gnome balsa 2.1
gnome balsa 2.1.1
gnome balsa 2.1.2
gnome balsa 2.1.3
gnome balsa 2.1.90
gnome balsa 2.1.91
gnome balsa 2.2
gnome balsa 2.2.1
gnome balsa 2.2.2
gnome balsa 2.2.3
gnome balsa 2.2.4
gnome balsa 2.2.5
gnome balsa 2.2.6
gnome balsa 2.3
gnome balsa 2.3.1
gnome balsa 2.3.2
gnome balsa 2.3.3
gnome balsa 2.3.4
gnome balsa 2.3.5
gnome balsa 2.3.6
gnome balsa 2.3.7
gnome balsa 2.3.8
gnome balsa 2.3.10
gnome balsa 2.3.11
gnome balsa 2.3.12
gnome balsa 2.3.13
gnome balsa 2.3.14
gnome balsa 2.3.15
gnome balsa 2.3.16
gnome balsa 2.3.17
gnome balsa 2.3.19
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