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Gentoo: GLSA-200510-10 High: uw-imap Remote Code Execution Threat

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Calendar Grey October 11, 2005
Scroller Gentoo
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uw-imap is vulnerable to remote overflow of a buffer in the IMAP server leading to execution of arbitrary code.

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200510-10 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: High Title: uw-imap: Remote buffer overflow Date: October 11, 2005 Bugs: #108206 ID: 200510-10

Synopsis ======= uw-imap is vulnerable to remote overflow of a buffer in the IMAP server leading to execution of arbitrary code.
Background ========= uw-imap is the University of Washington's IMAP and POP server daemons.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-mail/uw-imap < 2004g >= 2004g
========== Improper bounds checking of user supplied data while parsing IMAP mailbox names can lead to overflowing the stack buffer.
Impact ===== Successful exploitation re...

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