Vulnerability CVE-2005-1521


Published: 2005-05-26   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
Integer overflow in the fetch_io function of the imap4d server in GNU Mailutils 0.5 and 0.6, and other versions before 0.6.90, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a partial message request with a large value in the END parameter, which leads to a heap-based buffer overflow.

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/13763
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=248&type=vulnerabilities
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-732
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014052
http://secunia.com/advisories/15442

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