CVE-2005-2933 Memory corruption in n/a
Remote attackers can execute arbitrary code on UW-IMAP servers by sending a malformed mailbox name with an unclosed double-quote.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2005-2933?
CVE-2005-2933 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in n/a, published on 13 Oct 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Buffer overflow in the mail_valid_net_parse_work function in mail.c for Washington's IMAP Server (UW-IMAP) before imap-2004g allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a mailbox name containing a single double-quote (") character without a closing quote, which causes bytes after the double-quote to be copied into a buffer indefinitely.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-2933?
It affects 1 product.
Linux distribution packages (28)
imap Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | All versions | 1:2002d-12 |
imap-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | All versions | 1:2002d-12 |
imap-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | All versions | 1:2002d-12 |
imap-utils Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | All versions | 1:2002d-12 |
imap Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop | All versions | 1:2002d-12 |
imap-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop | All versions | 1:2002d-12 |
imap-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop | All versions | 1:2002d-12 |
imap-utils Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop | All versions | 1:2002d-12 |
imap Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es | All versions | 1:2002d-12 |
imap-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es | All versions | 1:2002d-12 |
imap-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es | All versions | 1:2002d-12 |
imap-utils Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es | All versions | 1:2002d-12 |
imap Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws | All versions | 1:2002d-12 |
imap-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws | All versions | 1:2002d-12 |
imap-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws | All versions | 1:2002d-12 |
imap-utils Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws | All versions | 1:2002d-12 |
libc-client Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:2002e-14 |
libc-client-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:2002e-14 |
libc-client-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:2002e-14 |
libc-client Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:2002e-14 |
libc-client-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:2002e-14 |
libc-client-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:2002e-14 |
libc-client Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 0:2002e-14 |
libc-client-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 0:2002e-14 |
libc-client-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 0:2002e-14 |
libc-client Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws | All versions | 0:2002e-14 |
libc-client-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws | All versions | 0:2002e-14 |
libc-client-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws | All versions | 0:2002e-14 |
Products include University of Washington Uw-Imap.
How do I fix CVE-2005-2933?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2005-2933 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-2933 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2005-2933, DSA-861-1, GHSA-g3w5-6ccf-62gj, RHSA-2005:848, RHSA-2005:850.