Buffer overflow - CVE-2008-5514
Published: December 23, 2008 / Updated: August 3, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU33086
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2008-5514
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
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.
Affected software
putty (Alpine package)
alpine (Alpine package)
alpine
Fedora
alpine (Alpine package)
alpine
Fedora
How to mitigate CVE-2008-5514
Install update from vendor's website.
putty (Alpine package) - update to 0.64-r0
alpine (Alpine package) - addressed in versions 2.00_p84-r1, 2.00_p84-r2
alpine - addressed in versions 2.02-3.el5, 2.02-3.el6
alpine (Alpine package) - addressed in versions 2.00_p84-r1, 2.00_p84-r2
alpine - addressed in versions 2.02-3.el5, 2.02-3.el6
External References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33275
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33638
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1021485
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:146
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32958
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3490
- http://www.washington.edu/imap/documentation/RELNOTES.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=477227
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47526
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg00846.html