CVE-2009-0671

Impact:
Critical
Public Date:
2009-02-17
Bugzilla:
486963: CVE-2009-0671 uw-imap: remote format string vulnerability

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

** REJECT ** Format string vulnerability in the University of Washington (UW) c-client library, as used by the UW IMAP toolkit imap-2007d and other applications, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the initial request to the IMAP port (143/tcp). NOTE: Red Hat has disputed the vulnerability, stating "The Red Hat Security Response Team have been unable to confirm the existence of this format string vulnerability in the toolkit, and the sample published exploit is not complete or functional." CVE agrees that the exploit contains syntax errors and uses Unix-only include files while invoking Windows functions.

Find out more about CVE-2009-0671 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

Disputed: The Red Hat Security Response Team have been unable to confirm the existence of this format string vulnerability in the toolkit, and the sample published exploit is not complete or functional.

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