CVE-2005-2878
Format string vulnerability in search.c in the imap4d server in GNU Mailutils 0.6 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the SEARCH command.
02 Description
Format string vulnerability in search.c in the imap4d server in GNU Mailutils 0.6 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the SEARCH command.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 14.56% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 96.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2005-09-13 04:00Z21 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 22:53Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2005-09-13
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- e7745a7ef4557ef80c2f4ae734a0fb022486ef562a20024c6163c248783d2592
05 Affected products
06 References
- savannah.gnu.orghttp://savannah.gnu.org/patch/index.php?func=detailitem&item_id=4407
- secunia.com17020http://secunia.com/advisories/17020
- www.gentoo.orgGLSA-200509-10http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200509-10.xml
- secunia.com16783http://secunia.com/advisories/16783
- www.idefense.com20050909 GNU Mailutils 0.6 imap4d 'search' Format String Vulnerabilityhttp://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=303&type=vulnerabilities&flashstatus=true
- www.rosiello.orghttp://www.rosiello.org/archivio/imap4d_FreeBSD_exploit.c
- www.debian.orgDSA-841http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-841
- marc.info20050926 FreeBSD GNU Mailutils 0.6 imap4d exploithttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112785181316043&w=2
- www.securityfocus.com14794http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14794
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- mailutils Fixed in 1:0.6.90-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- mailutils Fixed in 1:0.6.90-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- mailutils Fixed in 1:0.6.90-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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