CVE-2005-2933 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2005-2933

Buffer overflow in the mail_valid_net_parse_work function in mail.c for Washington's...

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

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Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

university of washington

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Affected Software

uw-imap
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 2004, 2004a, 2004b, 2004c, 2004d, 2004e

Timeline

Official Publish: October 13th, 2005
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.