CVE-2009-2632

Impact:
Important
Public Date:
2009-09-07
Bugzilla:
521010: CVE-2009-2632 cyrus-imapd: buffer overflow in cyrus sieve

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Buffer overflow in the SIEVE script component (sieve/script.c), as used in cyrus-imapd in Cyrus IMAP Server 2.2.13 and 2.3.14, and Dovecot 1.0 before 1.0.4 and 1.1 before 1.1.7, allows local users to execute arbitrary code and read or modify arbitrary messages via a crafted SIEVE script, related to the incorrect use of the sizeof operator for determining buffer length, combined with an integer signedness error.

Find out more about CVE-2009-2632 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 6.5
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication Single
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (cyrus-imapd) RHSA-2009:1459 2009-09-23
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (cyrus-imapd) RHSA-2009:1459 2009-09-23

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