CVE-2008-5514

Off-by-one error in the rfc822_output_char function in the RFC822BUFFER routines in the University of Washington (UW) c-client library, as used by the UW IMAP toolkit before imap-2007e and other applications, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an e-mail message that triggers a buffer overflow.

🔗 References (20)

• secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/33275
• secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/33638
• secalert@redhathttp://securitytracker.com/id?1021485
• secalert@redhathttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:146
• secalert@redhathttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32958
• secalert@redhathttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3490
• secalert@redhathttp://www.washington.edu/imap/documentation/RELNOTES.html
• secalert@redhathttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=477227
• secalert@redhathttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47526
• secalert@redhathttps://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg00846.html
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/33275
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/33638
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securitytracker.com/id?1021485
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:146
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32958