CVE-2008-5005
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in (1) University of Washington IMAP Toolkit 2002 through 2007c, (2) University of Washington Alpine 2.00 and earlier, and (3) Panda IMAP allow (a) local users to gain privileges by specifying a long folder extension argument on the command line to the tmail or dmail program; and (b) remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by sending e-mail to a destination mailbox name composed of a username and '+' character followed by a long string, processed by the tmail or possibly dmail program.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 10.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 6.4% (94th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-4984)
- Published
- November 10, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-4984 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- university of washington / alpine
- university of washington / alpine
- university of washington / alpine
- university of washington / alpine
- university of washington / alpine
- university of washington / alpine
- university of washington / alpine
- university of washington / alpine
- university of washington / alpine
- university of washington / alpine
- university of washington / alpine
- university of washington / alpine
- university of washington / alpine
- university of washington / imap toolkit
- university of washington / imap toolkit
- university of washington / imap toolkit
- university of washington / imap toolkit
- university of washington / imap toolkit
- university of washington / imap toolkit
- university of washington / imap toolkit
References
- http://mailman2.u.washington.edu/pipermail/imap-uw/2008-October/002267.html(Patch)
- http://mailman2.u.washington.edu/pipermail/imap-uw/2008-October/002268.html
- http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=122572590212610&w=4
- http://panda.com/imap/
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0275.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32483(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32512
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33142
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33996
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4570
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1021131
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-065.htm
- http://www.bitsec.com/en/rad/bsa-081103.c(URL Repurposed)
- http://www.bitsec.com/en/rad/bsa-081103.txt(URL Repurposed)
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1685
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:146
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/03/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/03/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/03/5
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498002/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32072
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3042
- http://www.washington.edu/alpine/tmailbug.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=469667(Patch)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46281
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10485
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00058.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00082.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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