CVE-2005-1520

Published: 26/05/2005 Updated: 05/09/2008

CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.5 | Impact Score: 6.4 | Exploitability Score: 10

VMScore: 755

Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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

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"infamous41md" discovered several vulnerabilities in the GNU mailutils package which contains utilities for handling mail These problems can lead to a denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following vulnerabilities CAN-2005-1520 Buffer overflow mail header handli ...

source: wwwsecurityfocuscom/bid/13766/info GNU Mailutils mail is affected by an email header buffer overflow vulnerability The problem exists in the 'header_get_field_name()' function of the 'mailbox/headerc' source file and manifests while the software is processing superfluous email header values Ultimately a malicious attacker may ...

NVD-CWE-Other http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=249&type=vulnerabilities http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13766 http://secunia.com/advisories/15442 http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-732 http://securitytracker.com/id?1014052 https://nvd.nist.gov https://www.debian.org/security/./dsa-732 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/25706/

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