CVE-2007-5740

Published: 31 October 2007

The format string protection mechanism in IMAPD for Perdition Mail Retrieval Proxy 1.17 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an IMAP tag with a null byte followed by a format string specifier, which is not counted by the mechanism.

Priority

Status

Package	Release	Status
perdition Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	dapper	Released (1.17-5ubuntu0.1)
	edgy	Released (1.17-7ubuntu0.6.10.1)
	feisty	Released (1.17-7ubuntu0.7.04.1)
	gutsy	Released (1.17-7ubuntu0.7.10.1)
	upstream	Released (1.17.1)

References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-5740
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

Bugs

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/perdition/+bug/162543

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