Vulnerability CVE-2005-1520
Published: 2005-05-26   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
Buffer overflow in the header_get_field_name function in header.c for GNU Mailutils 0.5 and 0.6, and other versions before 0.6.90, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted e-mail.

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.5/10
6.4/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
GNU -> Mailutils 

 References:
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13766
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=249&type=vulnerabilities
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-732
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014052
http://secunia.com/advisories/15442
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