University of Washington IMAP Toolkit 2007b C-Client Library smtp.c resource management
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A vulnerability was found in University of Washington IMAP Toolkit 2007b. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown code block of the file smtp.c of the component C-Client Library. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-399. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:
smtp.c in the c-client library in University of Washington IMAP Toolkit 2007b allows remote SMTP servers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) by responding to the QUIT command with a close of the TCP connection instead of the expected 221 response code.
The bug was discovered 11/03/2008. The weakness was disclosed 11/10/2008 by Nico Golde (Website). The advisory is shared for download at openwall.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2008-5006 since 11/10/2008. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.
The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 7 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 39987 (openSUSE Security Update : imap (imap-368)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks and running in the context l.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (46604) and Tenable (39987).
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Class: Resource managementCWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 39987
Nessus Name: openSUSE Security Update : imap (imap-368)
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OpenVAS ID: 62955
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1685-1 (uw-imap)
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Sources
Vendor: washington.eduAdvisory: openwall.com
Researcher: Nico Golde
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2008-5006 (🔍)
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X-Force: 46604
Vulnerability Center: 20281 - University of Washington IMAP Toolkit 2007b C-Client Library Allows SMTP Servers to Cause DoS, Medium
SecurityFocus: 32280 - University of Washington IMAP 'smtp.c' Null Pointer Dereference Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 33142 - Debian update for uw-imap, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 49793 - University of Washington - IMAP - 'smtp.c' Null Pointer Dereference Denial of Service Issue
Entry
Created: 03/17/2015 16:11Updated: 08/22/2019 12:26
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (79), 08/22/2019 12:26 (5)
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